Posts Tagged ‘criminal justice’

Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Oct 6th, 2011 • Category: Blog

- JC Woman Dies in Car Crash: A 20-year-old Jersey City woman was killed in a two-car accident that also injured three other people and held up traffic for several hours near the Bayonne/Jersey City border yesterday morning. – ‘Exodus’ Program for Former Inmates: The Jersey City-based re-entry program provides a variety of daily services [...]



Jersey City Farm Employing Former Prisoners May Have to Find New Location After Land Dispute

By • Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Featured, Food, News

Less than half a year after it began tending to an earth box farm on Kearney Avenue, it appears the Friends of the Lifers Youth Corporation will soon have to find somewhere else for its innovative farming program after a falling out with the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency.



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Aug 25th, 2011 • Category: Blog

- Fulop, Stack & the HCDO: Sources tell Politicker that the Hudson County Democratic Organization wants to gently offload Mayor Jerramiah Healy in 2013, but worries that state Sen. Brian Stack might be wooing Ward E councilman Fulop, who could possibly get the backing of the organization in his run for mayor in 2013. – [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Jul 22nd, 2011 • Category: Blog

- King Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud: After a federal court tossed out the most serious charges to which he had already pleaded guilty, Jimmy King yesterday admitted to a single count of mail fraud in connection with the largest federal corruption sting in New Jersey history. – HudCo Judge Sues State Over Pension/Benefit Changes: [...]



Controversial Proposal to Expand New Jersey’s DNA Database Clears Assembly Panel

By • May 19th, 2011 • Category: Blog, News, Politics

A bill that would require any person arrested on suspicion he or she committed a violent crime in New Jersey to provide a sample of their DNA to the police was cleared today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. The proposal, which is sponsored by Hudson County Assembly members Joan Quigley and Vincent [...]



Five Years for Opening a Bottle of Ketchup? Trying to Make Sense of New Jersey’s Patchwork Sentencing Guidelines

By • May 17th, 2011 • Category: Featured, News

Reading through the new report “Crime and Punishment in New Jersey,” one almost has to conclude that the only consistent thing about the Garden State’s penal code is its irrationality.



Tuesday Morning News Roundup

By • May 10th, 2011 • Category: Blog

- PATH Security Breach: A man slipped into the PATH tunnel this weekend near the World Trade Center and walked all the way to Jersey City, before saying he had left a bomb in the tunnel. – PATH Crash: The federal agency investigating the crash of a PATH train Sunday in Hoboken says it will [...]



Friday Morning News Roundup

By • Apr 29th, 2011 • Category: Blog

- Port Authority Security Review: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will hire an outside consultant to conduct a comprehensive review of security at its facilities, which include the PATH system and the Holland Tunnel. – Early Release Changes Move Forward: State lawmakers are getting on board with Gov. Christie’s effort to [...]



Wednesday Morning News Roundup

By • Apr 6th, 2011 • Category: Blog

- School Vouchers: It didn’t get the attention of the justices’ ruling for private school vouchers in 2002, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week allowing vouchers by tax credit could have more impact on what has become the dominant approach to school choice in New Jersey and other states. – NAACP: A new [...]



Thursday Morning News Roundup

By • Mar 31st, 2011 • Category: Blog

- BOE Candidate Forum: The central administration of Jersey City Public Schools came under attack at last night’s question-and-answer forum for the 10 candidates running for three open seats on the Board of Education. – St. Aedan’s: Parishioners of St. Aedan’s Church on Bergen Avenue say they were caught off guard by news their church [...]

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