shadysus@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoZero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issuesmessage-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareZero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issuesshadysus@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
Proponents will argue it’s about fairness and deterrence Lack of judicial discretion and a shift to prosecutorial power will end up with disproportionate punishments, while still allowing for discrimination
minus-squaredigredior@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoUgh, yes… been around for decades.
Ugh, yes… been around for decades.