Paterson Grants Clemency

Gov. David Paterson is granting clemency to to prison inmates, following a tradition that was skipped by previous Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Before announcing these pardons, Paterson received criticism from drug law reform advocates, who said that this issue of granting clemency to those convicted of drug charges would be an issue they would press with the governor.

> What is the DEA Smoking?

The Drug Enforcement Administration is in an optimistic mood. A new DEA report insists that the antidrug campaigns Washington has undertaken with Colombia and Mexico in recent years have dramatically slowed the flow of cocaine into the United States. The DEA's principal piece of evidence is that average street prices for the drug have soared over the past twenty-one months. There’s just one problem with the DEA’s proclamation of success. We’ve heard it all before. Many, many times before.

> Reform Criminal Justice Policies, Cut Government Costs

The Correctional Association released a brief position paper recently, recommending policy reforms which would improve our justice system and save the fiscally strapped state over $450 million annually.

Ethan Nadelmann Speaking Engagement: The 2009 New Hampshire Liberty Forum

March 6, 2008. Nashua, NH

DPA Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann will be speaking at 1:00PM at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum on March 6th, 2009. The forum will be running from March 5-8th. Keynote speaker: Richard Heller worked with Dane Von Breichenruchardt of the Bill of Rights Foundation to bring suit against Washington D.C., and together they successfully overturned the D.C. ban on handguns.

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    Esquire (US Web) [12/24/08]    

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    Huffington Post (US Web) [12/19/08] 

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    Wall Street Journal (US Web) [12/05/08]