Uso de menores para cometer delitos graves

Explicación Simple

No se puede usar a chicos menores de 18 años para hacer cosas malas, como pelear o vender drogas. Si un adulto lo hace, puede ir a la cárcel por muchos años.

Es como si un adulto le pidiera a un niño que haga un truco peligroso en una competencia de deportes. El niño puede salir herido y el adulto sería responsable por ponerlo en esa situación.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un hombre de 20 años, convence a su hermano menor, de 16, para que lo ayude a vender marihuana en su vecindario. Si la policía los atrapa, Juan enfrentará serias consecuencias legales por usar a su hermano para cometer un delito.

Penalidades

Si un adulto usa a un menor para cometer un delito, enfrenta de 5 a 15 años de prisión.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-3-1045. Use or employment of person under eighteen to commit certain crimes. (A) It is unlawful for any person at least eighteen years of age to knowingly and intentionally: (1) use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD; (2) conspire to use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under eighteen years of age to commit a violent crime as defined in Section 16-1-60, the crime of lynching as a result of mob violence prohibited by Article 3, Chapter 3 of this title, or the unlawful distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or LSD. (B) Any person who violates subsections (A)(1) or (A)(2) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate offense. (C) The felonies established in this section are supplemental to and do not supersede any other provisions of law which make the conduct referred to in subsection (A) unlawful. HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 290, SECTION 1.