New Jersey Felony Crimes Either Presumptively Require Prison Time or Not To lower the state prison population and unclog the court system, New Jersey legislators proposed a two-tier system categorizing offenses as having a presumption of incarceration, meaning that a prison sentence was required or a presumption of non-incarceration for less serious crimes. To presume […]
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In-Depth Insights into New Jersey’s Public Safety Assessment
December 29, 2023PSA Assesses Defendants for the Risk of Pretrial Flight and Community Danger, Presuming the Right to Freedom During Defense Preparation When a person is charged with a crime in New Jersey, a judge has to determine if they will be released pending trial and, if the person is released, under what conditions. According to the […]
Rights and Implications of Pre-Trial Identification Procedures
September 14, 2023Comprehensive Overview of Pretrial Identification Procedures in NJ Criminal Cases Before charges are pressed formally against someone, pretrial identification is used to identify the perpetrator of a crime. Pretrial suspect identification methods include fingerprinting, line-ups, photo arrays, and spectrographic voice examination. Pre-trial identifications and lineups can be valuable pieces of evidence, but their validity is […]
Criminal Charges and the Threat to Immigration Status
June 26, 2023You May Deal with Additional Immigration Issues if You Face Criminal Charges as a Non-Citizen or Green Card Holder in New Jersey Criminal charges and convictions can have devastating effects on the personal and professional life of any individual, but if you are a non-citizen, you may also be facing immigration consequences as well. How […]
Second degree crimes in New Jersey are reserved for serious offenses, which carry thousands of dollars in fines, long stints in prison of 5 to 10 years, and no early release if your crime is considered violent. How do Second Degree Crimes Fit into the NJ Criminal Charging Structure? In the New Jersey criminal system, […]
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