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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Hard to charge a minor, the victim would have to be severely beaten for a judge to take that case on a criminal level at least. Civil court is its own beast though, lot more wiggle room there.
gpt
Why is it hard? I mean assault is assault, right?

Edit: it just strikes me as somewhat absurd that you'd allow children to actively avoid consequences for their actions at such a formative age