shadysus@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoZero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issuesmessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareZero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issuesshadysus@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-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-squaretermaxima@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoZero tolerance is idiotic. We don’t even have zero tolerance for murder for crying out loud 😅 Everything is subject to context.
Zero tolerance is idiotic. We don’t even have zero tolerance for murder for crying out loud 😅
Everything is subject to context.