In a 3-2 decision, the state's highest court says Sundiata Acoli is not likely to commit another crime and overturns the Parole Board denial of his release.
When murderers and other convicted felons escape the United States, why is it so hard to bring them back? That question forms the nucleus of federal legislation re-introduced by New Jersey Representatives Chris Smith (R-12) and Albio Sires (D-8).
It stunned America in 1973 - the execution of a New Jersey State Trooper during a Turnpike pullover that send Clark Edward Squire to prison along with Joanne Chesimard and led to her jailbreak and flight to Cuba.