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Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober shifts position on juvenile pot charges

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Critics of the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline” could be on their way to a huge victory in Hillsborough County. According to the Tampa Tribune, State Attorney Mark Ober has shifted his position on addressing first-time juvenile marijuana offenders with civil citations instead of criminal charges. Ober’s opposition last year helped kill efforts to include misdemeanor marijuana possession on the list of eligible civil citation offenses. Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee joined him in that opposition. Gee remains opposed, but said he…

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Colorado first-grader suspended for making finger gun

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Another example of zero-tolerance critique has cropped up in the news this week. A first-grader in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was suspended for pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun at another student. Six-year-old Elijah Thurston said “bang, bang” at the other child as he made the gesture. In a climate where school shootings are becoming all too normal, the school’s reaction to suspend the young boy for a day may not seem too harsh. But consider that even…

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