Talk:Raumanmeri school shooting

Need clarification/further explanation
The closing sentence of the article reads: "Due to the perpetrator being under the age of 15, he never faced any criminal charges for the attack." ...which confuses the hell out of me, because he killed two people. Why were no criminal charges filed? What does his age have to do with anything? Why were no criminal charges filed? Again, he killed two people. He killed them. That is murder. And he did it twice. So... why were no criminal charges filed?

Maybe it makes sense to a Finnish reader, but as an American reading this, I just keep asking "Why? Why? Why? Why?". In America, not only would he have been charged, he would have been tried as an adult and likely sentenced to lifetime imprisonment (if not death). Because, again, he killed two people! It's not like he stole a candy bar from a convenience store, he committed double-murder. What, do the Finns treat all minors as saints no matter what they do? Something isn't right here. Can anyone clarify that this information is actually even correct? It feels like half the story is missing. Why wasn't he charged? Jade Phoenix Pence (talk) 23:02, 20 October 2015 (UTC)Jade Phoenix Pence


 * Minors under 15 can not be charged for a crime under the Finnish legislation (nor elsewhere in the Nordic countries for that matter). However, they are still responsible for any financial repercussions and social/medical services etc. will be involved, so one does not just get away with crime. The age of criminal responsibility varies from country to country (see http://www.unicef.org/pon97/p56a.htm). This is not an uncontroversial matter in Finland either, but it is the way it is. 194.100.61.5 (talk) 08:35, 20 April 2016 (UTC)