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State launches portal allowing inmates to waive minimum drug sentences

May 19, 2021 3:27 pmMay 19, 2021 7:39 pm

New Jersey launched an online portal that will allow inmates serving sentences for certain drug offenses to request their mandatory minimum sentences be rescinded, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday. To qualify, inmates must be serving a sentence for qualifying...

Cunningham, Scutari reintroduce mandatory minimums bill

April 19, 2021 4:00 pmApril 19, 2021 5:02 pm

This article was updated with comment from Senate President Steve Sweeney at 5:02 p.m. Two Democratic state senators reintroduced a bill to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for a series of non-violent drug and public trust crimes hours after Gov. Phil...

Unclear how Senate will act if mandatory minimums bill conditionally vetoed

April 15, 2021 2:46 pmApril 17, 2021 2:32 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) declined to say how the legislature would act if Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoes a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for a series of drug, property and crimes as well as crimes against the...

Murphy still mum on mandatory minimums bill as measure brushes against procedural deadline

April 14, 2021 3:29 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is running out of time to act on a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for a series of drug, property and public trust crimes. The legislation, sent to his desk on March 1 after votes that largely...

Murphy: Still no timeline on mandatory minimums bill

April 7, 2021 3:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday again declined to say when he might take action on a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for a series of drug, property and public trust offenses that has sat on his desk for 37...

Murphy still opposed to mandatory minimums bill

March 8, 2021 4:04 pmMarch 8, 2021 4:28 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy remains opposed to the inclusion of official misconduct in a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for a series of non-violent crimes, including drug and property offenses. “Nothing new on mandatory minimum sentences, and no insight for you...

Mandatory minimums bill heads to Murphy’s desk, where it’ll likely be vetoed

March 1, 2021 3:17 pmMarch 1, 2021 5:56 pm

The Assembly cleared a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for a series of drug and property crimes, but the bill appears headed for a veto over its inclusion of official misconduct and related corruption offenses. They passed the bill by...