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It is a similar logic that underpins Sweden’s recent lowering of the threshold from 15 to 13—not 10—although just for the most serious crimes. To be clear, a 13 year-old child does not, apropos of nothing, come up with the idea to traffic drugs or co-ordinate terrorism. They are groomed by adults, who we should not divert responsibility from. Indeed, adults are capable of manipulating children because, by their very nature, they are more cognitively developed.