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18 sty 2024 · Criminal matters seem to sew the most discord among the typically unified justices, with rulings in criminal appeals making up four of the five decisions that have attracted dissents in recent...
18 paź 2024 · The two new burglary classifications will raise penalties for crimes of burglary, reinforcing legal protections for New Jersey communities and ensuring that individuals who commit these crimes are held accountable.
New Jersey's criminal justice system is undergoing a major reform. New rules are based on a voter-approved constitutional amendment. It includes reforms to the bail system and a new speedy trial law, which sets time frames for criminal cases.
In January 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill that made significant changes to expungement law and clarified several provisions regarding expungement procedures.
1 mar 2021 · A landmark criminal justice bill that would end mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes in New Jersey, including non-violent drug offenses, is now heading to Gov. Phil Murphy ’s desk...
29 lip 2024 · New Jersey’s new clemency review process is an important step forward for the state’s criminal justice system. But more than that, it is also a potent model for national change that other governors and the White House should replicate. New Jersey will now expedite clemency review for categories of injustice that have long persisted.
5 maj 2022 · In what would be the first changes to the state’s criminal reform law, key New Jersey lawmakers have reached agreement on amendments that would scale back efforts by some urban mayors to keep more people accused of gun crimes in jail pending trial.
