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Tele-Press Conference: NY Rockefeller Drug Laws

by David Guard, August 27, 2007, 05:43pm
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New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform is debating overhauling the Rockefeller Drug Laws this week. Dozens of advocacy and community groups have united to reject half-steps and are demanding real reform. Please join leading advocates and family members at this tele-press conference to release a coalition statement to the Commission. The press release is at http://stopthedrugwar.org/in_the_trenches/2007/aug/27/press_release_tues... Call in information: 800-311-9404; Passcode: 740815 Some of the participants include: Cheri O’Donoghue, Prison Family Community Forum member and mother of a young man locked up for 7–21 years on a first-time, B-felony offense. Anita Marton, Legal Director, Legal Action Center Tony Papa, Communications Specialist, Drug Policy Alliance; author; and formerly incarcerated under the Rockefeller Drug Laws Donna Lieberman, Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union Howard Josepher, Executive Director, Exponents Treatment Program
Date: 
Tue, 08/28/2007 - 11:00am
Location: 
New York, NY
United States
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