... of these mitigating factors in Shanon's case. More students like Shanon have fallen victim to the misuse of zero tolerance policies and the disproportionate enforcement of harsh penalties. In Palm Beach, Florida school police charged a student with "throwing a deadly missile," - the deadly missile referred to in this case was an egg that the student had thrown on Halloween. What ... ...

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