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| Just 67 inmates still doing time under Rockefeller drug laws |
| By nypost.com- Bob Fredericks |
| Published: 07/17/2015 |
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New York state has been successful in springing nonviolent drug offenders, with just 67 people still locked up under the harsh Rockefeller laws, officials said Thursday. Passed in 1973, the laws initially mandated minimum sentences of 15 years for the sale or possession of even small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin. Pot was excluded in 1979, and reforms in 2005 and 2009 eliminated mandatory minimum sentences in most cases, expanded treatment and gave judges more discretion in deciding punishment. After the reforms, 1,697 inmates applied to be resentenced, and 1,630 were released, said Linda Foglia, the state Department of Corrections spokeswoman. Of those still locked up, many also had convictions on weapons or other serious charges, she said. Read More. |
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