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New York commission calling for major drug sentencing reforms

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this official press release, a "bi-partisan panel that spent nearly two years studying New York State?s sentencing statutes today called for further reforms to the state?s drug laws and provided the Governor, Legislature and Judiciary with several different options for historic reform."  Here is more from the press release: The Commission on Sentencing Reform agreed on five major principles of drug law reform: Community-based drug treatment, especially when required in a criminal justice setting where the offender faces clearly defined sanctions for program failure, works and should be an available option in every region of the state. The state?s network of existing diversion programs and drug courts has been effective for thousands of drug-addicted offenders, and any new diversion model must be structured so as not to undermine these programs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).