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In colonial America, a juvenile was considered to be an adult in vourt at what age?

seven
fourteen
six

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14

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under English common law, children under 7 were thought to be incapable of knowingly committing criminal acts. juries in England and colonial America often acquitted youths up to age rather than subject them to adult punishment s.

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