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New Jersey Over Detains Prisoner Two Years Due to Illegal Sentence Calculation

Loaded on March 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News October, 2004, page 28
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: New Jersey.

The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division has held that the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) cannot depart from the terms a sentencing judge imposes. In September 1994, prisoner Larry Hill was released on parole for a 1990 conviction. On January 31, 1997 and July 25, 1997, …

 

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