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Dear Editor,
New Jersey’s Municipal Court system results in high expenses, unequal justice and political corruption due to the fact Municipal Court Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Defenders are politically-connected local lawyers hired to work part-time by the governing body (i.e. town council) of the municipality where the court has jurisdiction. They are expected to generate revenue.
The Municipal Court system should be abolished entirely and all petty disorderly persons, disorderly persons, traffic, parking, and municipal ordinance matters should be heard by full-time County Judges employed by the State Judiciary.
New Jersey should also extend the right to jury trial to all defendants facing the possibility of jail-time. Currently, there are no jury trials in Municipal Court. Yet a defendant can face up to six months in county jail on a charge, where a politically-hired Municipal Court Judge also acts as the sole finder of fact.
Jersey Injustice.
Eric Hafner
Toms River
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