At 12:47 PM 5/11/04 +0100, Dave Howe wrote: ..
I think you are thinking in terms of the American age scale - In england (and over most of europe although obviously it varies), 18 is old enough to marry without parental permission, be served in a bar, drive, and be a practicing homosexual. At 16 you can have hetrosexual relationships, marry with parental permission, work (and pay taxes) and rent property in your own name (you can *own* property from 12)
Everywhere in the US, you can go to jail for criminal acts when you're 18. It's not clear why writing a computer worm is any different in that regard than fraud or theft. I think that's generally true. In some states, much younger people have been sentenced to death.
--John Kelsey, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: FA48 3237 9AD5 30AC EEDD BBC8 2A80 6948 4CAA F259
