[First Reprint] SENATE, No. 3205 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 218th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 26, 2018 Sponsored by: Senator SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM District 31 (Hudson) Senator M. TERESA RUIZ District 29 (Essex) SYNOPSIS Revises certain procedures for expungement of records of conviction. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 18,…
Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark On January 8, 2019 New Jersey Supreme Court takes an additional steps towards reforming the criminal justice system with this decision addressing New Jersey’s 2016 revisions to their expungement statute and applications for expungements for defendants who have successfully completed drug court. Relying on the 2016 revisions…
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