Tag: Rockefeller Drug Laws
Posted on Wed Mar 11, 2009 at 09:22:00 AM EST
Tags: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Drug Law Reform (all tags)
The New York Civil Liberties Union today released a report on the draconian Rockefeller drug laws.
The report – The Rockefeller Drug Laws: Unjust, Irrational, Ineffective – presents overwhelming evidence that New York’s mandatory minimum drug-sentencing scheme has failed to improve public safety or deter drug use. It documents the grave harm the drug laws cause to low-income communities of color, and it calls on lawmakers to adopt a public health approach to addressing substance abuse.
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Posted on Mon Jan 01, 2007 at 11:35:41 AM EST
Tags: Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Rockefeller Drug Laws (all tags)
At midnight in Albany last night, Eliot Spitzer was sworn in as Governor of New York.
"Day one has begun," Spitzer said to a resounding cheer after being sworn in. "It is a joy to be here. It will be exciting. I will do my best as the public has asked me to do."
Also sworn in was Andrew Cuomo -- as state Attorney General -- the position Spitzer had before the election.
Gov. Pataki, Spitzer's predecessor, tried but failed to implement significant reform to the state's draconian Rockefeller law for drug offenders. Spitzer needs to make real reform or repeal of the law one of his top priorities.
As a commentator in the Albany Times Union wrote last month:
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