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1. Public Boy Scout "perversion files" list 106 N.J. leaders accused of abuse
(U.S./Nation)

... abusers, NorthJersey.com reports. Fox News reported that the Boy Scouts claim the files helped them track sexual offenders and protect children. But some of the files from between 1971 and 1991 showed ...

2. Camden, N.J., the poorest city in the nation, looks for fresh start
(N.J./State)

... residents are on parole and 600 are registered sex offenders. And the murder rate has skyrocketed. In 2007, Newark hosted a record number of homicides, 37 per 100,000 residents, but the murder rate ...

3. Robocallers
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The worst offenders are from telephone #'s 609-357-4842, 206-445-6112, 609-357-1326, and 1-800-837-4966. Can't someone stop these SOB's? I get calls daily, sometimes several times a day, from each of these ...

4. Really?
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... the true offenders. ...

5. Low bail for high crime in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... theater where the latest Batman movie was playing. A measure to reform New Jersey bail guidelines was posted in late June in the State Legislature, but not voted on to date. Describing violent offenders ...

6. Asbury Park ex-official to sunbathers: 'Put a shirt on'
(N.J./State)

... wearing little for the imagination. You have to wonder how these same offenders would feel if people went to their hometowns and dressed in the same manner to frequent restaurants, bars, and shops. Like ...

7. No mystery – smoke screen....
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The sexual abuse of children is indeed a grave criminal offense. The systematic cover-up, the moving of offenders across international borders to evade justice and refusal to speak the truth, invoking ...

8. Pope Benedict XVI chalks up abuse of children to 'mystery'
(World/International)

... sex offenders.  As early as 1957 Fitzgerald wrote to Matthew Francis Brady, the Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, "We are amazed to find how often a man who would be behind bars if he were not ...

9. Memorial Day weekend driving dangers: Beware red light runners
(U.S./Nation)

... year, and the number of offenders was 27 percent higher over the Memorial Day weekend than on an average non-holiday weekend. The most violations typically occur on the Friday heading into the long weekend, ...

10. Fort Lee, N.J. texting law: Hefty jaywalking fine for the distracted
(N.J./State)

...  Traffic safety organizations and AAA have long advised against driving while being distracted – i.e. cell phone use, texting, eating, etc., -- and many locations carry substantial fines for offenders. ...

11. State authorities detail effort to reduce gun violence in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... our investigations and prosecuting offenders under New Jersey’s tough gun laws, we’re taking numerous weapons and violent criminals off the street. Each gun we seize potentially represents a life saved. ...

12. New Jersey child porn investigation brings down 27
(N.J./State)

... children who are tortured and degraded to create these vile materials are re-victimized every time another person views the images. Moreover, these offenders generate the demand that motivates suppliers ...

13. Detention of non-violent New Jersey juvenile delinquents saw over 50 percent decrease in 2011
(N.J./State)

... the use of detention. A primary goal of JDAI is to make sure that secure detention is used for serious and chronic juvenile offenders, and that effective alternatives are available for other non-violent ...

14. Detention of non-violent New Jersey juvenile delinquents saw over 50 percent decrease in 2011
(N.J./State)

... the use of detention. A primary goal of JDAI is to make sure that secure detention is used for serious and chronic juvenile offenders, and that effective alternatives are available for other non-violent ...

15. Assembly Democrats to introduce bill to expunge records of nonviolent Drug Court graduates
(N.J./State)

Assembly members Jerry Green (D-Union) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) Monday announced they plan to introduce a bill that would automatically expunge the criminal records of nonviolent drug offenders ...

16. Expansion to N.J. Drug Court treatment program awaiting Senate vote
(N.J./State)

... proposal. “S-881 will expand the number of criminal offenders eligible for treatment for their drug or alcohol addiction under supervision of our counties’ drug courts by removing some of the disqualifications ...

17. N.J. toll cheats to face registration suspension
(N.J./State)

... gap by threatening repeat offenders with registration suspensions, according to a new pilot program launched Thursday. “Since they’ve ignored every notice we’ve sent and every effort we’ve made to collect, ...

18. WORTHLESS BILLS
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... first time offenders for not completing a program prior to the said hearing. As mention in s907 the board shall deny parole to any individual that fails to meet the programs offered in the prison system. As ...

19. 40 faith-based N.J. organizations sharing over $1M in state aid
(N.J./State)

... million in initial funding to establish a mandatory drug court program for nonviolent offenders in the 21 counties. The organizations that will each receive $25,000 are: Hopeworks ’N Camden, Camden; ...

20. '700 Club' host Pat Robertson sparks marijuana legalization controversy
(U.S./Nation)

... are being overcrowded with juvenile offenders having to do with drugs. And the penalties, the maximums, some of them could get 10 years for possession of a joint of marijuana.” “It’s just one of these ...