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20 Sep 2012, 2:30 pm
New York drug crimes and the former "Rockefeller Drug Laws" were, and currently are, some of the strongest criminal laws on the books. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 11:51 am
These laws often require disproportionate mandatory minimum prison sentence lengths for offenses, particularly drug offenses. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 6:22 am
Forman also notes the interesting fact that black activists in New York City were enthusiastic supporters of the notoriously harsh Rockefeller drug sentencing laws adopted in the 1970s. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 4:20 pm
According to the court, the new DLRA was the response of the New York State Legislature to a long-time call to amend the so-called Rockefeller drug laws which some have argued were outdated and draconian. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:38 am
" Thursday, May 10th Pardon Power/Drug Sentencing: Legislative Counsel Jesselyn McCurdy will participate in a panel discussion in the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Open Society Foundations. [read post]
28 Jan 2012, 5:44 am
He runs through the immediate causes of the incarceration epidemic: the growth of post-Rockefeller drug laws, which punished minor drug offenses with major prison time; “zero tolerance” policing, which added to the group; mandatory-sentencing laws, which prevented judges from exercising judgment. [read post]
4 Dec 2011, 5:43 pm
Pauly, 21 AD3d 595 (2005), he rejected constitutional challenges to the retroactive application of Rockefeller drug law reforms; and in Auto. [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 7:12 am
31 Aug 2011, 4:36 pm
FURTHER READING: GPhA statement PhRMA statement New York Times FDA Law Blog The Hill Pharmalot PharmPro [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 11:28 am
Basically, the defendant, we’ll call him Marco, had served fifteen years to life in prison under the Rockefeller laws. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 3:08 am
Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the law does not recognize such a cause of action. [read post]
24 Jul 2011, 11:34 am
Myers is the owner and President of Myers Injury Law, LLC and a founding partner of Schultz & Myers, LLC. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 9:54 am
" Like Rockefeller, the commission members do not embrace a laissez-faire policy toward drug use. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 9:03 am
Karst – An April 21st letter penned by David Balto, a Senior Fellow at American Progress who focuses on competition policy, intellectual property law and health care, and Michael Carrier, a professor at the Rutgers University School of Law-Camden, and sent to five U.S. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 10:49 pm
Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011 Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced the ambitious “Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011” that would amend the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) in several ways. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 1:04 pm
John Rockefeller (D-WV), and is co-sponsored by Sens. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 6:01 am
The Columbia drug bust "is probably the case that's going to cause light to be shed on what these new laws mean: When diversion is appropriate, and what the Legislature intended when it cut back so drastically the Rockefeller laws," said Marc Agnifilo, a defense lawyer for one of the students. [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 9:49 am
In this two-part series, we will discuss the various reactions to the Columbia students' petitions for drug diversion. 2009 drug sentencing overhaul in New York tested by privileged defendants For decades, New York's "Rockefeller laws" were some of the most draconian drug laws in the country, pushed into law by then-governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1973 to fight drugs' "reign of… [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 4:09 am
As long as they don't criticize the president" http://j.mp/dZsTs3 "Columbia Ivy League Drug Bust: How reforms to the Rockefeller drug laws could help the alleged Ivy League drug dealers" http://j.mp/hAh83Y this is awesome ... [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:39 am
Consider how successful it was for drugs under the Rockefeller laws. [read post]
