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Brazil’s Lula says he now backs loweringage of criminal responsibility to 16

Lula reverses position on age of responsibility for ‘heinous’ crimes in what many see as a desperate electoral gambit Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced that he now supports lowering the age of criminal responsibility for “heinous” crimes from 18 to 16,

This is a source-based summary, not original reporting by Ebenezer journalists. Source: The Guardian · Original byline: Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro. Ebenezer published 16 Oct 2026, 04:47 pm. Editorial policy.

World — Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro