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Sentencing:
Report
on
2004
New
York
Drug
Law
Reform
Finds
Less
than
Meets
the
Eye,
Much
More
to
Do
12/16/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/415/nyreport.shtml
According to a report by
New York's Legal Aid Society released Wednesday, last year's partial Rockefeller
drug law reforms lowered some sentences and allowed some people serving
the most serious time, the "A-1" cases, to be resentenced, but did not
address sentence reductions for the much larger class of less serious "B"
offenders. The report, "One
Year Later: New York's Experience with Drug Law Reform," called on
New York legislators to come back and finish what they started.
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The report found that hundreds
of A-1 prisoners serving draconian sentences under the Rockefeller laws
who could have been released remain behind bars. Only 30% of those
who qualify for resentencing under last year's reforms have been released.
While last year's partial
reform expanded treatment options for prisoners, it failed to grant more
power to judges to order treatment instead of prison and it failed to fund
community drug treatment programs, the report found. Nor did the
partial reforms significantly reduce the state's prison population.
There is plenty more for
the legislature to do, the report said. State leaders have promised
to revisit the Rockefeller laws, and in doing so, they should work to let
judges, not just prosecutors, determine who gets into treatment and increase
drug treatment spending. As for reducing the prison load, the report
recommends dropping low-level street sales from the "B" felony category
and allowing those currently doing time as "B" offenders to apply for sentence
reductions.
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