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Newsbrief:
Rockefeller
Kin
Arrested
in
Rockefeller
Law
Protest
11/1/02
A granddaughter of Rockefeller
drug law creator former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller was one of 11 people arrested
Wednesday in a protest outside the Manhattan office of Gov. George Pataki.
Mayla Rockefeller was among those led away in handcuffs. Also arrested
were state Sens. David A. Paterson and Tom Duane. The group was charged
with disorderly conduct for holding hands in a line in front of the entrance
to the midtown Manhattan office, the Associated Press reported.
The protest was part of an
ongoing series of actions organized by the Drop the Rock coalition (http://www.droptherock.org)
outside Pataki's office each Wednesday this month as part of its effort
to put pressure on candidates during the election season. Drop the
Rock is leading a campaign for repeal of the Rockefeller laws, which have
resulted in thousands of New Yorkers being sent to state prison on harsh
mandatory minimum sentences.
Drop the Rock brushed aside
a plea from Pataki this summer to embrace his half-hearted Rockefeller
reform proposals. Both Pataki and Democratic challenger Carl McCall
favor varying reform measures, while wealthy Independence Party candidate
Tom Golisano and the state Marijuana Reform Party and Libertarian Party
have joined Drop the Rock in calling for their outright repeal.
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Issue #261, 11/1/02
Editorial: The Space Between the Lines | Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Says Feds Can't Punish Doctors for Recommending Medical Marijuana | Learning the Hard Way in Ohio: The Trials and Tribulations of Issue One | DRCNet Book Review: "Addict in the Family," by Dr. Andrew Byrne | DRCNet Interview: Dr. Harry G. Levine | More Than 700,000 Marijuana Arrests Last Year -- Meanwhile, Violent Crime on Increase | November Coalition Roadshow Hits East Coast | DRCNet Survey/Book Giveaway Contest | Newsbrief: Rockefeller Kin Arrested in Rockefeller Law Protest | Newsbrief: Euro Parliamentarians Found Guilty, Scolded by Judge in Manchester Marijuana Civil Disobedience | Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story | Newsbrief: UN Says Afghan Opium Crop Up Almost Twenty-Fold Over 2001, Trade Employs a Half-Million People | Newsbrief: Liberia Prepares to Join the Drug War | Newsbrief: Chattanooga Jail Full, Faith-Based Alternative Sentencing Offered to Drug Offenders | Newsbrief: Mississippi Supreme Court Bars Telephonic Warrants, but Says It Was Okay Just This Once | Newsbrief: Seattle Initiative to De-prioritize Marijuana Enforcement Makes 2003 Ballot | Media Scan: William F. Buckley in National Review, 2002 Voter Guides and Election Resources | Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision | Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | The Reformer's Calendar
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