shadysus@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoZero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issuesmessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareZero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issuesshadysus@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-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-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 hours agoThey both have the appearance of doing something when in reality they do nothing to fix the actual issues because it takes more effort.
They both have the appearance of doing something when in reality they do nothing to fix the actual issues because it takes more effort.