The ability to take criminal responsibility of the old people tends to wear off with age, but without a special provision related in the current Criminal Law, there exist in our law practice great differences in the measurement of penalty to the crimes committed by the old people. It is suggested in this article that the case of "old age" be taken into consideration so as to be lenient when we impose penalty. It should be made clear that if the crime is committed by people over 70, they could be given a light sentence, be extenuated or even b...