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25 Aug 2009, 9:30 am
I'm honored to have The Nation's support, and to be called "the candidate who most passionately and boldly describes... an alternative future [of our criminal justice system]" and "the candidate with the clearest record of lifelong and unwavering opposition to the death penalty and strong advocacy of Rockefeller drug-law reform. [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 1:15 pm
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]
5 Jun 2009, 8:58 am
New York never enacted rigid determinate sentencing and, apart from the notorious Rockefeller drug laws, avoided high mandatory minimums, according to the report. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 11:40 pm
Mom was the Grand Dame of the know-nothing Republican party after she helped kill off the Nelson Rockefeller wing of the G.O.P. [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]
25 Oct 2007, 2:04 am
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Rational Sentencing"Voters deserve a thorough airing on the issue of the Rockefeller laws and options for reforming the most draconian drug laws the country has yet seen. [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]
26 Aug 2013, 3:44 pm
It significantly reformed the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 10:44 am
These reforms include: New York lawmakers in 2009 that reformed the harsh Rockefeller drug laws that required harsh mandatory minimum sentences for low-level drug offenses; California voters in 2014 passed a ballot that reclassified certain low level drug and property offenses from felonies to misdemeanors; and The U.S. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 2:11 am
Alan Mollohan and Rodney Frelinghuysen (PDF 735 KB)Cost of Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Needs Better Data to Assess Alternatives for Acquiring Low and Minimum Security Facilities
10/05/2007
Letter to Acting Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler from Senate Intelligence Chairman John Rockefeller (PDF 1.15 MB) Letter Requests the Opinions of the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel Analyzing the Legality of the CIA's Interrogation… [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]
28 Sep 2015, 4:20 am
In a New York Times op-ed, NYU urban studies professor Michael Fortner proffers the “real” roots of the 70s drug laws, starting with the dreaded Rockefeller Drug Laws, based on the theory that if draconian penalties are applied to possession and sale of drugs, people will stop using and selling them. [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]
23 Nov 2015, 3:16 am
Just like the Rockefeller Drug Laws worked so well. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 8:03 am
My endorsement for New York State Attorney General is Eric Schneiderman, who has been a proven and consistent supporter of smart on crime, the protection of constitutional rights for all and the architect of the deconstruction of the Rockefeller drug law. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 5:04 am
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North Country Gazette » DOCS To Close Facilities, Changes DetailedBy North Country Gazette "The 2009-10 State Budget, adopted in April 2009, makes numerous changes in the law that affect the Department of Correctional Services, including prison closure and reform of the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [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]
12 Aug 2009, 2:00 pm
Judge Snyder is a progressive leader who fought to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws for more than a decade and has always supported alternatives to incarceration for non-violent, first time offenders by promoting programs that provide education and job training. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 3:48 am
The law, part of the Rockefeller Drug Law reform, established a " ...... [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 5:40 am
It happened again yesterday, as I put the finishing line on a post about the Rockefeller Drug Laws after reading a story in the New York Times announcing, for the 43rd time, its death. [read post]
