[quote=A I C H;#152198;1339125907]These children need social protection from the state, Bala reiterated, and argued “children will not be saved unless we first admit that the real criminals against them are poverty, abuse, neglect and abandonment and the adult criminals and syndicates, who exploit them, entice, threaten, and force them to commit crimes.”[/quote] I agree with this statement but at the same time stricter penalities for certain crimes such as murder or rape should be enforced regardless of age