Lula reverses position on age of responsibility for ‘heinous’ crimes in what many see as a desperate electoral gambit Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced that he now supports lowering the age of criminal responsibility for “heinous” crimes from 18 to 16, reversing a longs...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/brazil-lula-age-criminal-responsibility)