Crime in New Jersey
As of 2013, there was a reported 192,971 crimes in the U.S. state of New Jersey, including 401 murders. This is an overall decrease in total crimes reported, but an increase in murders.[1]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has a field office in New Jersey, located in Newark.[2]
By location
Camden
Camden has been ranked among the most dangerous cities in the United States in 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2009.[3]
Capital punishment laws
Capital punishment is not applied in this state.[4] New Jersey was the first state to repeal the use of the death penalty after the Supreme Court restored the use of capital punishment in the Gregg v. Georgia case.[5]
Drugs
Akbar Pray, Newark resident, was sentenced to life in prison in 1990 for leading a drugs gang that had dominated the city's drug trade since the early 1970s.
See also
References
- ^ "New Jersey Crime Rates 1960 - 2013". The Disaster Center. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Local FBI Offices". FBI. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ Hirsch, Deborah (24 November 2009). "Report ranks Camden most dangerous U.S. city". Courier Post. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty". religioustolerance.org. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Richburg, Keith (14 December 2007). "N.J. Approves Abolition of Death Penalty; Corzine to Sign". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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