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  • Home >> December, 2008

    Rockefeller Raffle Petition Challenge

    Posted on: Friday, December 19th, 2008 in: Petition

    Please help Drop the Rock reach its goal of collecting 35,000 petition signatures calling for the repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
    We have 13,000 to go, and here are 3 ways to help!

    Gather as many petition signatures as possible and bring them to the next Drop the Rock meeting on Wednesday, January 7th at 6PM [...]

    Reform Criminal Justice Policies, Cut Government Costs

    Posted on: Monday, December 15th, 2008 in: Publications & Reports

    The Correctional Association released a brief position paper recommending policy reforms which would improve our justice system and save the fiscally strapped state over $450 million annually.
    Download: Reform Criminal Justice Policies, Cut Government Costs
    Recommendations include:

    Closing underutilized prisons,
    Repealing the Rockefeller Drug Laws,
    Increasing work release eligibility and participation; and
    Diverting technical parole violators from prison.

    These and other measures [...]

    Holding Paterson to his Word on Rockefeller Reform

    Posted on: Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 in: Publications & Reports

    Check out Drop the Rock’s new fact sheet which presents Governor David Paterson’s previous statements and actions in support of sweeping reform of the Rockefeller Drug Laws.  Click here to print out the fact sheet: Paterson for Reform.
    Governor Paterson,
    This is what you said as a State Senator from Harlem:

    “As a member of the New York State [...]