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The Passing of a Drug Reform Hero: Retired Judge Jerome Marks

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. March 11, 2011.

Marks devoted his life to change NY's draconian Rockefeller drug laws and helped secure clemency for prisoners rotting away in prison for their roles in minor drug crimes.

Thousands of Rockefeller Drug Law Convictions in New York Could Be Challenged Due to Tainted Evidence

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. February 17, 2011.

Officials recently shut down part of the Nassau County Crime Lab because it was discovered that a half-dozen drug cases had been subjected to incorrect analyses.

False Claims on Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Lead to Credibility Gap for Prosecutors

Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. January 15, 2010.

New report takes down the claims that disaster will result from drug law reform, and that judges are incapable of making sound decisions.

Change We Can Believe in: NY's Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Takes Effect

Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.

Jail for drug offenses is no longer mandatory in New York: judges can send people suffering from addiction into a range of programs, such as treatment and mental health services.

Last Minute Effort by NY Republicans, Prosecutors to Block Rockefeller Reform Is Dead in the Water

Phillip S. Smith, DRCNet. June 5, 2009.

How the mighty have fallen! Until recently, opponents of drug law reform in New York were successful using fear-mongering and demagoguery.

A New Approach to Drugs Would Save New York Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. December 2, 2008.

Let's stop spending over $500 million every year on ineffective and wasteful policies like the Rockefeller Drug Laws.