S 2530 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.

S 2530 establishes a rebuttable presumption that defendants charged with domestic violence by strangling their victims must be detained before trial rather than released on bail. The presumption applies when a court finds probable cause that the defendant committed aggravated assault by strangling a domestic violence victim, and the defendant may rebut it with a preponderance of evidence. This extends a current presumption (which applies to murder or life imprisonment crimes) to this specific domestic violence scenario. The bill aims to increase safety for domestic violence victims by keeping alleged perpetrators in custody during pretrial proceedings.
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Introduced Feb 8, 2024 Last action Feb 8, 2024
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