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He fought the law ... and he won: David Soares' election as District Attorney marks a turning tide against New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws.(q & a)(Interview)
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March 22, 2005|
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On Nov. 2, 2004, voters in Albany County, New York elected David Soares their new District Attorney. A 35-year-old Cape Verdean immigrant, Soares unseated incumbent District Attorney Paul Clyne in the Democratic Party primary on Sept. 14; then, running on both the Democratic Party and Working Families Party ticket, Soares handily won the general election with 56 percent of the vote. Soares had been a prosecutor in Clyne's office for five years and earned a reputation with Albany residents by developing a Community Accountability Board as an alternative to the courts.
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Drug laws get slight reduction in New York.(State News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Corrections Today
; The Rockefeller drug laws in New York were softened by the...early release and resentencing. The Rockefeller drug laws that were put in place in 1973 created...they would still like to see the drug laws be further disarmed. We took two...
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 "The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)")
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Drop the rock protests Rockefeller Drug Laws.(Opinions and Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Newspaper article from: The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY)
; ...speak out at injustice, even in the face of potential persecution. The protesters for repealing the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws from Drop The Rock deserve high praise for their efforts, which champion individual freedom. Since when did the...
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Motion to repeal: New York activists, joined by hip-hop politico Russell Simmons, are trying to overturn the notorious Rockefeller drug laws. Nicole Davis looks into what the tenuous coalition has been able to accomplish.(action)
Magazine article from: Colorlines Magazine
; ...50-year-old New York state Rockefeller drug laws, Simmons has been meeting...attention has turned to the Rockefeller drug laws, named after Governor Nelson...Lobbying for his work against the drug laws, specifically for engaging...
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Tough on crime and families: New York's Rockefeller drug laws have jailed thousands with harsh mandatory sentences.(action)
Magazine article from: Colorlines Magazine
; ...New York's get-tough-on-crime Rockefeller drug laws. But getting tough on Estevez...the 30th anniversary of the drug laws, which were ostensibly created...fighting to repeal the state drug laws. Studies produced by the Correction...
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 "Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)")
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Revamp drug-offender laws to ease state prison crowding.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...home each year. America's lock-'em-up drug laws are keeping this merry-go-round spinning...the enforcement of federal and state drug laws has not lowered the availability or use...issue in education and treatment centers, drug laws have sent thousands of otherwise law...
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The "war on drugs": a view from the trenches.
Magazine article from: Social Research
; ...legalization most often include: (1) that the current drug laws have failed to eradicate the drug problem; (2) that the war on drugs has been lost...abuse is a nationwide problem. It is true that the drug laws have failed to eradicate our drug problem. But...It involves not only the ...
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Arresting the drug laws.(Law Enforcement Against Prohibition plans to change drug laws)
Magazine article from: The Progressive
; ...Prohibition (LEAP), a group that wants to change our country's drug laws. Peter Christ and Jack Cole, both former cops, founded the...California Superior Court Judge James Gray, author of Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment...
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25 years ago in reason.(Citings)
Magazine article from: Reason
; None of the arguments currently advanced in support of drug laws played more than a minor role in initiating prohibition. Prohibition...drug use. --Michael Monson, The Dirty Little Secret Behind Our Drug Laws The bobcat holds the distinction of having one governmental...
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Pot stops: British drug reform. (Citings).(proposal to make marijuana "Class C" drug)(Abstract)
Magazine article from: Reason
; ...will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws. Last fall British Home Secretary David Blunkett announced...secretary, said his proposal was intended to make the U.K.'s drug laws more credible by concentrating on hard drugs such as cocaine...
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8 arrested in drug sweep; guns seized; Handguns, cocaine, heroin and cash found in searches of six homes.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
; ...are charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws. A prosecutor said some were the original...now charged with conspiracy to violate drug laws. He was held on $15,000 cash bail yesterday...in cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug laws. District Court Judge David B. Locke...
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