Question

Do you think the Rockerfeller drug laws were effective in reducing drug offenses in New York? Do you believe they should have been repealed? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes, The Rockerfeller drug laws were effective in reducing drug offences in New York.

The draconian Rockefeller laws may or may not have played a role in reducing crime—many prosecutors believe they have been a factor. But it has been clear for some time that mandatory minimum sentences are too inflexible, too blunt, to deal with nonviolent offenders. The laws ought to have been repealed years ago, as Governor David Paterson said to own when was in the State Senate and was one of the leading voices in favor of repeal. New York was one of the first states to impose mandatory sentences, and it is among the last to repeal them.

The law imposed for the variety of drug offences,taking descretion out of hands of sentencing drugs.

The laws were passed at a time when drug-related crimes were inceasing highly and political leaders were under public pressure to do something drastic. In the decades since, these drug crime ruined many persons (countless) lives and offenders were caught by the last a year of prison. So, It was good and effective in reducing drug offences in New York because of this law many peoples live saves and they were save in their life without any fear that it cannot be harmful.