answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

She would probably be incarcerated and counseled in a juvenile facility until age 21.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: If an eight year old girl killed an elderly women what would her punishment from the law be Would she be charged with murder like an adult or what?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

When can a person be retried for murder?

You can be charged with murder if there is evidence that you have committed murder - you dont necessarily have to have killed someone - you may be framed. Also, say you are robbing someone and someone is killed in the process, you may be charged with felony murder in it blood?


What is the punishment for murder in Islamic Iran?

The punishment for murder in Iran is much diffrent then what we have experinced here in the US. In Iran when a citizen is murdered the person being charged for it must give the family or a realitive half of everything he or she has


Do you write He was charged for murder or He was charged with murder?

Correct: He was charged with murder.


Was the Holocaust capital punishment?

No, the Holocaust was extermination (mass murder). The victims had not been charged with anything or been tried for anything.


Has Glenn Beck ever killed someone?

No, Glenn Beck has never been charged with murder.


Why is rebecca nurse in jail?

she's charged with murder. they think she killed goody putnams babies


Can you be charged with murder and vehicular homicide in the state of Ohio?

A person can only be charged with one type of homicide for each person who was killed. If a pregnant woman was killed and the fetus was at least half term, then there are two homicides with which a person can be charged. Vehicular homicide is typically a less serious offense than murder. If evidence exists that the driver purposely ran over an individual with the intent to kill him, and did kill him, the driver can be charged with murder.


Can you be charged with 1st degree murder if you killed somebody in a car accident while in the process of a high speed chase?

Yes.


Can police be charged with murder?

Yes, they can be charged with murder, like anyone else.


Was captain Thomas Preston guilty as charged?

because he supposedly told the soldiers to fire and men were killed


Who was charged for the Emmett Till murder?

Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were charged for the murder of Emmett Till. They were acquitted by an all-white jury, but later confessed to the crime in a magazine interview.


What if you killed someone what are the crimes?

There is a general overall charge of Homicide which is what the police will charge you with when you are first arrested, Once it the case goes to the Prosecutor a determination will be made of the charge for whcih you will be prosecuted in court.If you meant to kill them - you will be charged with Murder. In some states there are several degrees of Murder (i.e.: Murder in the 1st Degree or 2nd Degree).If you killed them but didn't mean to (e.g.: as a result of an auto collision) you will be charged with Manslaughter.