The role of gender and relationship in reforming the Rockefeller Drug Laws

In recent years, New York's drug sentencing laws-the Rockefeller Drug Lawshave come under attack due to their failure to reduce drug use despite the growing prison population. The political and academic communities now are debating how best to reform these laws. In this Note, Eda Tinto highlights the absence of a muchneeded discussion regarding the sentencing of certain women drug offenders.