Farber Favors Stiff Fines, Not Jail, for Corruption [Corrected 06/ 20/06] ; Opposes Mandatory Sentences for Crooked Officials
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 20, 2006
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TRENTON New Jersey's leading law enforcement official on Thursday said she opposes legislation that would require jail time for public officials convicted of corruption and strip away their retirement benefits.
Attorney General Zulima V. Farber told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a discussion on her plan to fight public corruption that judges should have leeway to decide prison terms and whether pensions should be forfeited.See the full content of this document
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Farber Favors Stiff Fines, Not Jail, for Corruption [Corrected 06/ 20/06] ; Opposes Mandatory Sentences for Crooked Officials
"I oppose mandatory sentencing," Farber said.
Farber said her office would instead seek "har...See the full content of this document
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