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New York governor David Paterson and the state legislature have agreed to undo the last vestiges of the Rockefeller drug laws: 1970s legislation that imposed draconian penalties on drug offenders.(The Week)(Brief article)

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* New York governor David Paterson and the state legislature have agreed to undo the last vestiges of the Rockefeller drug laws: 1970s legislation that imposed draconian penalties on drug offenders. The tough penalties went by the wayside five years ago; the new laws propose to give discretion in sentencing to judges, which worries prosecutors, with some reason: Will crooks who were also drug users or pushers get revolving-door doses of rehab, rather ...

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