Sigh.

* The courts have long taken into account personal background for sentence.

* This isn’t new. It’s codified.

* It includes experience of loss, neglect, abuse & insecure housing.

* Those are almost always relevant.

* Even if you can’t see it from your vantage point. https://t.co/8SrmJC2JsF

— Joanna Hardy-Susskind (@Joanna__Hardy) April 6, 2024