How old is old enough?

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I wholeheartedly agree that each case should be handled with by the individuals personality and past decisions and not necessarily their age because, as has been stated, some kids know exactly what they are doing and they know they can get away with it. Now let me explain myself a little better, although each case should involve the individual, i think that a good general age where people should be completely accountable would be 19. As with the job theory, having being out and on your own for a while you will gain a bunch of life experiences and it will make you wise up to the fact that you are accountable for what you do. This does not mean in any way that people should not be held accountable before the age of 19, i just feel that this is a good general age although as i have said, each case should be determined by behavior and tendencies. If a kid gets in fights all the time at school and ends up killing someone, most people would say "he knew what he was doing, throw him in jail" now if all the facts pointed to cold blooded murder and possible that it was premeditated then sure go ahead. Although, no one should be completely judged based on age or previous actions because who knows, he could have just been screwing around got carried away or some unfortunate circumstance took place.