Well, the answer to that first question really depends on how juvenile they are. You could say for a twelve-year-old for example that they didn't realize they were doing something wrong, or just what effects their actions would have. But for a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old, things are different. They are old enough to have developed a full-grown sense of morals.
As for the second, I don't know. Those things were abolished for a reason, methinks. But I don't know enough of the matter to give a conclusive answer to that one.
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