All blog posts tagged with rockefeller drug laws

Addicted: The myth of the Rockefeller-drug-laws repeal

Posted March 31, 2009


Jennifer Gonnerman in New York Magazine. March 29, 2009

If you glanced at the Times last Thursday, you might think Governor Paterson and stat…

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Albany Reaches Deal to Repeal ’70s-Era Drug Laws

Posted March 25, 2009

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson and New York legislative leaders have reached an agreement to dismantle much of what remains of the state’s strict 1970s-era drug laws, once among the toughest in the nation.

The deal would repeal many of the mandatory minimum prison senten…

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End the Rockefeller Drug Laws

Posted March 10, 2009

After 35 years of filling the state’s prisons with drug offenders who needed treatment and disproportionately punishing poor and minority offenders, New York is on the verge of dismantling its infamous Rockefeller drug laws. To get there, Gov. David Paterson and some prosecutors will have to drop…

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