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Analysis of major changes to criminal law and its impact
By Michael Booth | May 16, 2017
Defense lawyers and prosecutors argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court over whether law enforcement should make witnesses available for cross-examination in pretrial detention hearings for criminal suspects.
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By Charles Toutant | May 16, 2017
The Supreme Court of New Jersey has made it harder to prove double jeopardy in cases where a defendant is charged with two related offenses. The court on a 5-2 voteTuesday held that double jeopardy protection from a second conviction applies where a defendant who has been convicted of one offense is charged with another offense requiring proof of the same elements.
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By Cogan Schneier | May 15, 2017
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Michael Brown, but tossed out and remanded his four-year prison sentence for attempting to extort $1 million from local branches of the Republican and Democratic parties, and a major accounting firm.
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By Ross Todd | May 11, 2017
The fallen real estate tycoon whose pro se defense tested the patience of U.S. District Judge William Alsup lost his appeal Thursday.
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By Max Mitchell | May 10, 2017
The state Superior Court has vacated part of the sentence given to former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives H. William DeWeese, who was convicted on conflict of interest charges in the Bonusgate scandal.
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By David Gialanella | May 10, 2017
Prosecutors must hand over "statements and reports," but not police body camera, dashboard camera or 9-1-1 recordings, at detention hearings under New Jersey's fledgling bail reform system, the state Supreme Court said in its first decision on the new system.
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By Michael Booth | May 8, 2017
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of the state Parole Board to require paroled sex offenders to undergo periodic lie-detector tests to determine if they are violating the terms of their release from prison.
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By Tom McParland | April 27, 2017
The court ruled former Mobile County License Commissioner Kimberly Hastie broke the law by turning over a list of drivers' email addresses.
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By Michael Booth | April 25, 2017
The Supreme Court will decide whether a convicted sex offender may be prosecuted for violating his parole by volunteering with a "youth serving" organization.
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By Andrew Denney | April 17, 2017
The man who was given a life sentence for working with Osama bin Laden to orchestrate the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in east Africa was ready to argue on appeal Monday that prosecutors have not produced clear evidence linking him to a terrorist plot.
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