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New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee Scheduled to Vote on Bill 1866

By Lependorf & Silverstein

According to a Drug Policy Alliance Network announcement, the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Senate Bill 1866. Referred to as a ?groundbreaking sentencing bill?, it will provide judges the diplomacy to waive mandatory minimum sentences for a number of nonviolent drug offenders if approved. According to the report, many advocates consider support of the bill to be signs of common-sense and practical improvement that would boost fair and effective sentencing while sparing the taxpayer?s wallet. The director of Drug Policy Alliance New Jersey provided the following statement: ?Twenty years ago, New Jersey began implementing harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. These laws have been a spectacular failure...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on December 15, 2009 (boomark / email).