Welcome Changes in Drug-Free School Zone Law
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 05, 2010
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IN HIS last week in office, former Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill revising the law on drug-free school zones. The revisions are appropriate and overdue.
The law applies to anyone convicted of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school. The offender was formerly sentenced without exception to a minimum of three years in prison and $15,000 in fines in cases involving more than an ounce of marijuana.See the full content of this document
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Welcome Changes in Drug-Free School Zone Law
The law was intended to express community opposition to crime, especially crimes committed near children. The unintended consequence was that 96 percent of those imprisoned for dealing drugs within the zones were bla...
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