02/06/2017
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"There is no logical reason that in 2017 children can go to school in this country and still be subject to physical punishments."
"The juvenile system was designed based on the idea that children were not merely smaller versions of adults..."
"In both the House and Senate bills that were passed to authorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the term 'dangerous practice' was defined as, 'An act, procedure, or program that ..."
"And again this Congress, my good friend Alcee Hastings of Florida, has introduced bipartisan legislation to outlaw the practice in US schools."