[DelawareLaw302]

On Feb. 6th, 2012, I was sentenced in a family court in Delaware to supervised juvenile probation at level III, with a suspended level V placement. It was the further order of the court that a zero tolerance for all conditions of probation be implemented upon the juvenile offender(me). What does zero tolerance entail?

[AK lawyer]

"Zero tolerence" is a term that has sprung up in the last few years as a "politically corrrect" shortcut for the idea that the officials, whether they are judges, elected officials, administrators, or whatever, refuse to be bogged down by technicalities. It means that if a given condition is found, the person responsible for that condition will be punished without regard to the degree of that condition. Thus, for example,

• if the condition is no drugs in one's possession, one will be punished if possession of one molecule of a drug is proven; or
• if the condition is no guns in a school, students with toy guns, or drawings of guns, have been suspended.

The official is in effect saying "I don't want to have to think about it".

In your case, if you violate any conditions of probation, even to the tiniest degree, or with a very good reason, your probation will be revoked.