Read the following facts then choose the correct option below: X, an 11-year-old schoolgirl, notices that her classmate Y has a beautiful expensive watch. X really likes the watch and decides that she will steal it when they go for swimming practice. While Y locks her watch in her locker, X sees the secret code Y puts into the locker. After Y leaves, X opens the locker and takes and hides the watch. When X goes home, X takes the watch with her.

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X will be charged with theft if the state can prove that X has criminal capacity.

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X will be charged with theft because she acted voluntarily and she does not have any ground of justification.

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X will not be charged with the theft of the watch because she lacked criminal capacity and cannot be prosecuted for theft.

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X will be charged with the theft of the watch because she had the necessary intention to steal the watch and she appropriated it.

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