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Sacco urges Murphy to sign bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences


Hudson Reporter
Sacco urges Murphy to sign bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences
The governor will have to act soon, facing resistance from county prosecutors
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Sacco wants to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for official misconduct.
Legislation that would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for a number of nonviolent offenses has been awaiting a decision from Gov. Phil Murphy.
Currently, courts are required to sentence a person to a minimum length of time in prison if they are convicted of a crime with a pre-determined mandatory minimum. According to the state, New Jersey has the nation’s largest disparity in incarceration rates among Black and white individuals, at a jarring 12 to 1 ratio. ....

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