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1 Jun 2014, 11:39 am by Stephen Bilkis
This section of the Mental Hygiene Law was originally enacted in April, 1966, as part of a comprehensive plan to provide care, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts. [read post]
7 May 2014, 2:39 am by Jeremy Saland
To better understand New York drug crimes (formerly called New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws) from misdemeanor heroin possession to felony cocaine sale and the prescription drug crimes that fall in between, please follow the links to the appropriate sections of the Crotty Saland PC website. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 2:44 pm by Stephen Bilkis
In sum, under the 2009 Drug Law Reform Act or DLRA, certain prisoners sentenced under the so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws are allowed to be resentenced. [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 2:17 pm by Stephen Bilkis
After committing class B felonies involving narcotics, DLP, JEP and JAP were sentenced to indeterminate prison terms under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 8:49 am by Michael Markarian
It passed fewer laws in its first year—65—than any single session on record. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 6:55 pm
Alcohol and drugs have not been cited as factors in the accident, and officials are still investigating the cause. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 11:57 am
Although not likely, could prosecutors charge Rockefeller with Second Degree Assault pursuant to New York Penal Law 120.05(4)? [read post]
4 Aug 2013, 7:16 pm by Jim Walker
By that time the ship was on its way to the Bahamas, where the alleged perpetrator was allowed to disembark, out of the reach of U.S. law enforcement. [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 1:15 pm by Stephen Gottlieb
The New York Civil Liberties Union was deeply involved in the battle to reduce the extremely harsh sentencing known here as the Rockefeller drug laws. [read post]
18 Jun 2013, 7:01 pm by Stephen Bilkis
The effect of the 1973 Rockefeller Drug Laws was largely directed at divesting the judiciary of discretion in the disposition of indictments and imposition of mandatory sentences in drug crimes. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 1:34 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Prior to 2009, the Rockefeller Drug Laws imposed mandatory prison sentences for most drug offenses. [read post]
9 Jun 2013, 3:16 pm
2009 DrugLaw Reform Act (DLRA) allows certain prisoners sentenced under the so-called Rockefeller Drug Laws to be resentenced. [read post]
2 Jun 2013, 1:22 pm by Jared Correia
There’s certainly still a lot of apparent appeal to the general practice of law. [read post]
27 Apr 2013, 9:48 pm
NY TIMES By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The mandatory-sentencing craze that drove up the prison population tenfold, pushing state corrections costs to bankrupting levels, was rooted in New York’s infamous Rockefeller drug laws. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 12:47 pm by Raffaela Wakeman
The news of Fortune 500 companies’ responses to Senator Jay Rockefeller’s fall 2012 letter about cybersecurity policy is making waves. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 10:38 am by Raffaela Wakeman
According to a Wall Street Journal  report (and unnamed sources cited therein, of course) the airline is involved in drug trafficking. [read post]