AndreTippettPoint OP t1_j91vpe7 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 4:33 PM

Reply to comment by js8806485 in Armed Robbery Outside Eliot-Hine Middle School by AndreTippettPoint

This is the third rail, because the “catch and release” model hasn’t exactly worked, but consigning a child to incarceration is a last resort. Of course, “last resort” doesn’t mean it’s never an appropriate consequence.

js8806485 t1_j922wyc wrote on February 18, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Yeah definitely agree that one off instances of petty crime shouldn’t lead to severe punishment, but we have kids who’ve committed like 10+ armed carjackings let back free on the streets the same day they get caught. Seems like awfully low hanging fruit to stiffen enforcement.