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Friday, March 14, 2003

New Jersey first state to make racial profiling a crime
Bernard Hibbitts at 5:24 PM ET

[JURIST] New Jersey Governor James McGreevy Friday made his state the first to criminalize race-based arrests and police searches by signing a bill making those punishable by up to five years' imprisonment and a $15,000 fine. Read the Governor's press release and review the latest amended version of S429.






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