HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) – It’s like a judicial magic trick. According to the law, teens automatically turn into adults as soon as they commit the worst crimes. Internationally, the United Nations “Committee on the rights of the child” says that the age of 14 should be the absolute minimum age to punish a teen, citing a decade of new research into child and adolescent development. Yet in Pennsylvania, that minimum is set at 10-years-old.