World Against Violence Youth Conference

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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office will host its seventeenth “World Against Violence (WAV#17) Youth Conference, entitled: “Overcoming Obstacles: Achieving Your Goals!” on Tuesday, December 4, 2012. This invitation-only youth conference will be held at Rutgers University, The Paul Robeson Center, at 350 Dr. Martin Luther King…

Prosecutor Launches Initiative to Assist Defendant’s with History of Mental Illness

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Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, working with officials in the judicial system, the Public Defender’s Office and mental health experts, is launching an initiative designed to divert non-violent offenders with a history of a diagnosed mental illness to treatment programs as either an alternative to…