A 401 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires defendants charged with certain crimes to be placed in home confinement prior to trial.

This bill requires New Jersey courts to place defendants charged with specific crimes - such as murder, sexual assault, drug offenses, or vehicular homicide - in home confinement before trial if they are released instead of detained. It applies to defendants charged with crimes already subject to strict bail rules (e.g., no 10% cash bail option) or vehicular homicide. Courts must order home supervision as a condition of release, potentially including electronic monitoring, when defendants are not detained after a hearing. The policy aims to balance public safety with pretrial release by mandating structured supervision for high-risk cases.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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