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Originally Posted by cbrrmike
there is no such thing as MANDATORY jail time, that is terrible wording. you would have a trial, a lawyer and most likely a plea deal before you ever went to jail, new jersey jails are HORRENDOUSLY overcrowded and the prosecutors would probably plea everyone down anyway
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Doesn't apply to this law, but Federal Sentencing Guidelines put lots of people in jail for seemingly minor offenses, like pot possession (and I don't mean a truckload). Very dumb. Judges complain they have no leeway.