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"Fugitive Safe Surrender" Program to Begin in Newark

By Lependorf & Silverstein

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It was announced in an nj.com report that a four-day ?Fugitive Safe Surrender? program expects to welcome approximately 5,000 individuals with open criminal warrants (perhaps more even) at Bethany Baptist Church from November 4 through November 7, 2009. According to the article, the program is designed to provide those with warrants for non-violent crimes the chance to resolve their legal problems by turning themselves in once and for all. The State Attorney General stated that the public safety initiative ?is not an amnesty program? but instead is ?a second chance program.? Approximately $100,000 was budgeted for the Newark program, which was paid for through federal stimulus funds. Authorities from a dozen agencies conducted their press release announcing the ?Fugitive Safe Surrender? initiative, claiming that those who surrender will receive ?favorable consideration? from the courts...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on November 05, 2009 (boomark / email).

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