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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I do, he's OK. The principal handled the whole thing really bad. First, she hugely overreacted to a relatively minor childish offense and then equally badly under-reacted when she found out who did it. Kinda like "Scent of the Woman" but from the opposite side.
I see this not about the potential outcome of rehabilitation efforts customized for a specific offender but about the judicial consideration for circumstances not applying to all equally. That is a big problem. I hope you are not suggesting that in my example, I should have been thankful to the kid for fessing up and to the principal for not expelling me after all.
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I'm saying you being a good student and a first offence wouldn't have gotten expelled anyways. Your background and history would have been considered in dolling out the punishment. I do agree she likely over reacted to you but disagree that she under reacted to the second kid. Context is important and outcome of a judicial process is important.
Under the current law posted in the 2nd reply the assessment of the context of the offenders background is to be considered for all offenders.
There is no special treatment here based on race just a reminder to consider it for specific races.