tintory@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoMeat processor ordered to pay fines after teen lost hand in grinderapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoAnyone under 18 is a minor.
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoCorrect but someone who is between the ages of 14 to 17 is considered a juvenile, and not a child. This dude was almost 18, in 2 months time, legally he’s an adult, in 2 months time, he isn’t going to magically mature into a less dumb person.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoA bar that served alcohol to someone who was two months from their 21st birthday would still get fined for selling to a minor. The law is the law.
Anyone under 18 is a minor.
Correct but someone who is between the ages of 14 to 17 is considered a juvenile, and not a child. This dude was almost 18, in 2 months time, legally he’s an adult, in 2 months time, he isn’t going to magically mature into a less dumb person.
A bar that served alcohol to someone who was two months from their 21st birthday would still get fined for selling to a minor. The law is the law.