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Sacco urges Murphy to sign bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences
The governor will have to act soon, facing resistance from county prosecutors ×
Sacco wants to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for official misconduct.
Legislation that would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for a number of nonviolent offenses has been awaiting a decision from Gov. Phil Murphy.
Currently, courts are required to sentence a person to a minimum length of time in prison if they are convicted of a crime with a pre-determined mandatory minimum. According to the state, New Jersey has the nation’s largest disparity in incarceration rates among Black and white individuals, at a jarring 12 to 1 ratio.
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