New Jersey Criminal Justice Reform for 2017 Affects Bail Reform and Speedy Trial

On January 1, 2017, New Jersey is implementing Criminal Justice Reform that is a result of us voting to amend the New Jersey Constitution in 2014. Criminal Justice reform will change two major areas of how a criminal case is processed through the system. Those two areas are Bail Reform and Speedy Trial. The new changes will further the notion that those accused of crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty and that those accused of crimes have a constitutional…

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