Creating harsher penalties does nothing to prevent the next generation of children from becoming delinquent.
Would have created increased penalties for crimes motivated by bias.
This would have created offsetting penalties and given New York a chance to kick again.
"If the point is to create rewards and penalties reflecting what we say schools should do, then just create them directly," he said.
Another major bill passed today creates new criminal penalties for blocking access to abortion clinics.
Create penalties for both banks and mortgage brokers using predatory lending practices.
Political condemnation of violence is just as important as creating new legal penalties.
The lawmakers also agreed to create stiff new penalties for stalking.
Many of the measures backed by antismoking groups this year create such penalties or stiffen those already on the books.
In the playoffs, retaliation would create penalties, if not suspensions.