New Jersey overhauled its bail system under Christie. Now some Democrats want to roll it back.

Dec 11 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

Eight years ago, then-Republican Gov. Chris Christie teamed up with Democrats to pass a major overhaul of New Jersey’s criminal justice system, ushering through legislation that made the state among the first in the nation to effectively eliminate cash bail.

There was little political uproar.

Now, some of the state’s most powerful Democrats want to roll back those changes amid rising crime and political lessons from neighboring New York, where another bail overhaul became a...

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