A bill to repeal mandatory minimum sentences for all nonviolent offenses was approved by the full Senate on a 23-14 vote on Monday.

Sponsored by Sen. Sandra Cunningham, D-Hudson, and Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, S-3456, follows recommendations by the New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission and is considered as the commission’s blueprint for criminal justice reform and reducing the state’s overcrowded, nonviolent offender prison population.

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