When did the age of criminal responsibility become 10?
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When did the age of criminal responsibility become 10 in Australia?
1914
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When did the age of criminal responsibility become 10 in New Zealand?
1989 27 May 1989
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When did the age of criminal responsibility become 10 in South Africa?
1 April 2010
Under the English common law the defense of infancy was expressed as a set of presumptions in a doctrine known as doli incapax. A child under the age of seven was presumed incapable of committing a crime. The presumption was conclusive, prohibiting the prosecution from offering evidence that the child had the capacity to appreciate the nature and wrongfulness of what they had done. Children aged seven to under fourteen were presumed incapable of committing a crime but the presumption was rebuttable. The prosecution could overcome the presumption by proving that the child understood what they were doing and that it was wrong. In fact, capacity was a necessary element of the state's case. If the state failed to offer sufficient evidence of capacity, the infant was entitled to have the charges dismissed at the close of the state's evidence. "Doli incapax" was abolished in England and Wales in 1998, but persists in other common law jurisdictions.
When did the age of criminal responsibility become 10 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
1998
Defense of infancy
Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20young%20people%27s%20rights%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom
Age of criminal responsibility in Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20criminal%20responsibility%20in%20Europe
Youth justice in England and Wales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth%20justice%20in%20England%20and%20Wales
Age of criminal responsibility in Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20criminal%20responsibility%20in%20Australia
Defense of infancy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense%20of%20infancy
Young offender
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20offender
Age of Majority Act 1971
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20Majority%20Act%201971
In the United States, the age of criminal responsibility for federal crimes is set at 11. While this has been set at the federal level, each state is responsible for setting their own age of criminal responsibility. 
Young offender
The age of criminal responsibility became 10 in Australia in 1914, in New Zealand in 1989, in South Africa on 1 April 2010 and in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1998. In the United States, the age of criminal responsibility for federal crimes is set at 11. While this has been set at the federal level, each state is responsible for setting their own age of criminal responsibility. 