Criminal Law

This Monday, November 16, it was announced that the New Jersey Supreme Court would suspend all in-person civil and criminal jury trials, as well as all in-person grand jury proceedings due to the current spike in COVID-19 cases. This news does not come as a shock, however, it does mark a significant point in time, […]

As you know, in the state of New Jersey, citizens were asked whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use on the ballot this year. Election results were telling: over 65% of those who voted were in support of marijuana legalization, and now, with the vote passing, the sale, cultivation, and recreational use of marijuana […]

Yesterday, it was reported that the New Jersey prisons released thousands of inmates who had eight months or less remaining in their sentences. Over 2,500 adults and 50 juveniles have been released, according to the report, due to the new law, S2519, which states that certain qualifying prisoners may be released early due to the […]