NEWARK, N.J. (CBS) - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a historic clemency initiative on Wednesday. The new program will allow some young and nonviolent offenders, along with domestic ...

New Jersey's Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy announced a new state clemency program Wednesday that will allow some young and non-violent offenders to apply for release from incarceration. (Scripps ...

MORE: Proposed Transit Access Fund would protect Zero Fare program for low-income ... Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, which began building its own clemency project in 2022, as Murphy started ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy used the Juneteenth holiday to announce the creation of a new clemency program, which will allow some young and nonviolent offenders, along with domestic violence ...

Countless inmates in New Jersey are serving extreme prison sentences ... Murphy will prioritize for the clemency program that he announced last week, and for an executive who’s never issued ...

And Murphy is the first Democrat since Jim McGreevey to not issue clemency in his first term ... on parole or on probation in New Jersey — a relatively small number, sure, but each one ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday issued 33 pardons and three sentence commutations in his first act of clemency, nearly seven years after he took office. “My only regret is we did not get ...

The clemency comes after Murphy set up a special ... Murphy said he wants New Jersey to become known for righting past injustices during an at times emotional ceremony with at least one of the ...

New Jersey Governor Announces Clemency Program to Let Some Offenders Seek Early Release From Prison NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy used the Juneteenth holiday to announce ...