This is a really intriguing article, though not for the reasons I think it was intended.
I think it demonstrates how impoverished our thinking about what accountability is or can be, and how that inhibits efforts to push for deeper, more substantial changes.
I think it demonstrates how impoverished our thinking about what accountability is or can be, and how that inhibits efforts to push for deeper, more substantial changes.
https://twitter.com/FOXBaltimore/status/1481104743439163396
The crime here is serious, and that no one died or was seriously hurt is fortuitous.
Trent set fire to his ex's apartment at night while she slept, out of anger. She and her roommates escaped, but... that doesn't always happen.
Ends up serving 6 months.
Trent set fire to his ex's apartment at night while she slept, out of anger. She and her roommates escaped, but... that doesn't always happen.
Ends up serving 6 months.
Here's what makes it so intriguing.
Trent himself admits he did something wrong. Trent himself feels like he needs to atone more, take more accountability.
But our options (conceptually) are basically: prison, or nothing.
Trent himself admits he did something wrong. Trent himself feels like he needs to atone more, take more accountability.
But our options (conceptually) are basically: prison, or nothing.
It def seems like there is no public safety gain from incapacitating Trent more. He's owned up to what he did, has acknowledged the hurt, has a social network that appears to be supportive/encouraging.
But there also appears to be little other ways to formally address his harms.
But there also appears to be little other ways to formally address his harms.
We have come to equate "accountability" w "prison." But there are so many more ways to go about this, ways that likely work better for Trent AND the victim.
What was likely meant as a piece to accuse Mosby of being soft of crime is really a plea for more restorative justice.
What was likely meant as a piece to accuse Mosby of being soft of crime is really a plea for more restorative justice.
And there are far more Trents out there than our dehumanizing tough-on-crime rhetoric would have us think.
Lots of ppl who hurt others feel regret and remorse. Which means prison is not the only way to achieve accountability.
Lots of ppl who hurt others feel regret and remorse. Which means prison is not the only way to achieve accountability.
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