Voting age and criminal responsibility

Part of the point about 16 year old being treated as 'minors' in a legal case has a lot to do with them being sent to an adult prison which further endangers them. Most 16 year olds are well aware of political matters and should be able to vote in elections in matters that can affect their future.

You are likening chalk and cheese, voting and criminality.. Youths can be locked up if they commit crimes worthy of it but by sending them to adult prisons is only a path that would lead to disaster later in life. At 16 a person can and has turned their life around and become a useful member of society, that's not to say adults do not because some do. 




 

The jails are now full and I doubt labour will build any, so it is all rather moot.

Not at all. I am saying that the two things have no comparison, committing crimes and voting in an election.

16yo's are perfectly capable of making the right and wrong choices just as adults are, (some adults would like to see Johnson back as PM.

A choice in a election should be based on knowledge unless you consider all 16yo's to be thick, their choice will not lead to a prison sentence.

Committing a crime is also a choice and they should be punished but a 16yo is physically more vulnerable than a 20yo and should be treated accordingly.

Don't get me wrong, serious crimes should be treated harshly but putting them at risk should not be an option.

Crime is anti-social, voting is not.

Way to miss the point (which is about whether brains are sufficiently mature)

5 year olds pay taxes, you want them to have the vote too?

And you're still missing the actual point. Mature enough to vote means mature enough to fully understand and be responsible for committing crime