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When Is a Child Considered “Endangered” According to NJ Law

On September 13, 2018

There are several statutes in New Jersey that our legislature has enacted to prosecute crimes against children. One such statute is N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4; Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a crime which can carry a mandatory prison term between 5-10 years if it is charged in the second degree. Under subsection (a)(1) of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4, it is […]

Veterans Diversion Program

On June 1, 2018

Recently, the New Jersey Legislature created a Statewide Veterans Diversion Program which solely empowers the County Prosecutors Office to divert an eligible “servicemember” charged with certain crimes from traditional means of prosecution into rehabilitative treatment. N.J.S.A. 2C:43-26 defines a “servicemember” as any “veteran or enlisted person of the United States Armed Forces, or a reserve […]

Termination of Meghan’s Law Obligations for Juvenile Delinquents

On April 26, 2018

On April 25, 2018, the New Jersey Supreme Court determined in State In Interest Of C.K. that N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(g)’s lifetime registration and notification requirements for sex offenses (“Meghan’s Law”) unconstitutional as applied to juveniles adjudicated delinquent because the statute violates their substantive due process rights under the New Jersey State Constitution. Under N.J.S.A. 2C:7-2(f) an […]

Bridgegate internal investigation procedure questioned by Federal Court

On December 18, 2015

Judge Wigenton of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey granted a motion to quash a subpoena in the Bridgegate criminal case that sought the drafts and metadata of interview memoranda taken by Governor Christie’s attorneys, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (“Gibson Dunn”). Even though she granted the motion, the Judge […]