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-square鳳凰院 凶真 (Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoWhen oppression becomes norm (bullying is normalized), self-defence becomes “provocation”.
When oppression becomes norm (bullying is normalized), self-defence becomes “provocation”.