Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 10:11:51 GMT -6
TRENTON — Top Republicans in the state Assembly plan to launch an effort Tuesday to help people charged in minor gun possession cases in New Jersey avoid unfair jail time.
Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) told NJ Advance Media that he will push legislation that would make it easier for prosecutors to reduce or change charges against someone accused of breaking a state gun possession law.
"The prosecutor can take into account certain things," Bramnick said of the measure, which is sponsored by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Ocean) and has already been introduced in the state Legislature.
Bramnick added that Republicans are drafting another bill to make sure someone convicted of carrying a gun illegally in New Jersey would no longer face a mandatory minimum sentence of three and a half years in jail.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/nj_republicans_aim_to_loosen_gun_possession_laws.html
Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) told NJ Advance Media that he will push legislation that would make it easier for prosecutors to reduce or change charges against someone accused of breaking a state gun possession law.
"The prosecutor can take into account certain things," Bramnick said of the measure, which is sponsored by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Ocean) and has already been introduced in the state Legislature.
Bramnick added that Republicans are drafting another bill to make sure someone convicted of carrying a gun illegally in New Jersey would no longer face a mandatory minimum sentence of three and a half years in jail.
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/02/nj_republicans_aim_to_loosen_gun_possession_laws.html