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Originally Posted by Tom Servo
Anyone familiar with New Jersey law: does this count as a conviction?
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IANAL, and I am not conversant with NJ laws, but the program she is now going to be eligible is "Pre-Trial" Intervention. A suspect is deemed innocent until convicted -- in a trial. The trial is when/where the plea is entered, so if she is in a "pre-trial" program, I believe there is no plea, and no conviction.
From the linked article (referring to a male convicted under somewhat similar circumstances):
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But, if he could now be allowed into PTI, he would not be considered a felon, and would be allowed to vote and return to coaching youth sports, as he has done in the past.
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