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You understand and agree with the above?*
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Do you agree not to seek the WFP line through an OTB or any other means?*
YYeess
SSeenntteenncciinngg RReeffoorrmm
The United States incarcerates a far greater proportion of its population than any otherindustrialized country. We believe that this large prison population does nothing to reducecrime, is a waste of both taxpayer dollars and human potential, and is incompatible with abroad view of justice. District Attorneys have a great deal of discretion in choosing who toprosecute and what sentences to seek. We support using this discretion to channellow-level, non-violent offenders away from the criminal justice system.Do you support increased use of community service, drug treatment and other alternativesto incarceration?
YYeessNNooNNoott SSuurreeCCoommmmeennttss
Will you commit to increasing the proportion of offenders in your county who arechanneled into such alternative sentences rather than the prison system?
YYeessNNooNNoott SSuurreeCCoommmmeennttss
What specific steps will you take to channel offenders into ATI (Alternatives toIncarceration) Programs within the criminal justice system?
DDrruugg LLaaww RReeffoorrmm
New York’s drug laws have been amongst the nation’s most punitive in their treatment oflow-level drug offenders. The mechanical application of standards based on the quantity ofdrugs in the defendant’s possession and the lack of judicial discretion creates grosslydisproportionate sentences in thousands of cases. These laws have not succeeded inreducing, much less eliminating, the illegal drug trade, but they have destroyed tens ofthousands of lives and damaged our most vulnerable communities.Do you support the Rockefeller Drug Law reforms passed in this year’s State Budget,which include giving judges the authority to send first time non-violent offenders totreatment instead of prison and expanding existing drug treatment programs?
YYeessNNooNNoott SSuurreeCCoommmmeennttss
Do you believe that additional reforms are needed to further reduce the number of peopleimprisoned for drug offenses?
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