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Zero tolerance policies in schools and mandatory minimum sentences have the same arguments and issues (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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  • 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
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[–] 11 points 11 months ago

I was at a regional magnet school, so I probably would have gone to my town’s middle school.

I honestly don’t know what happens if you get kicked out of that- maybe you go to a neighboring town’s school, or maybe there are other schools for kids that get expelled, but the government still has an obligation to educate you until a certain age, so you don’t just stop going to school (unless you’re in juvenile detention, at which point you probably have a teacher on premises).

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