New
York State has recently re-enacted the Death Penalty for capital
offenses. For a thorough discussion of the legal, ethical, and moral
issues involved in this controversial punishment, see the information
contained at the American Civil Liberties Union
Death Penalty Page .
Illegal
Narcotics Sale and Possesion
Common Types of
Prosecution
- Federal Narcotics
Prosecutions and related Conspiracy counts
- State Felony
Narcotics Sales and Possessions
- Misdemeanor
Drug Possession
- Marijuana
Crimes and Offenses
As a
result of strict mandatory sentencing guidelines, individuals facing
federal drug charges are in danger of being incarcerated for lenghthy
sentences traditionally given violent criminals. Recently, New York
State has recognized the value of treatment programs as an alternative
to incarceration, but generally these programs are reserved for
the young, for first offenders, and for those charged with possessing
relatively small quantities of illegal narcotics.
There
is a growing sense among legal scholars,
judges,
and politicians that the so-called "war on drugs" is not
working, and that narcotics, and particularly marijuana, should
be legalized. The following are links to organizations working
toward the legalization of narcotics:
