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NJ Governor Christie commutes controversial gun possession sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader alerted me to a notable clemency development from the Garden State, which is reported in this Fox News piece.  Here are the basic from the start of the news report: A man given seven years in prison after being found with two guns he purchased legally in Colorado has had his sentence commuted, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday. The case of Brian Aitken, 27, had become a cause célèbre among gun-rights advocates. On Jan. 2, 2009, Aitken, an entrepreneur and media consultant with no prior criminal record, muttered to his mother that life wasn't worth living after a planned visit with son was abruptly canceled at the last minute. Aitken then left his mother's home in Mount Laurel as she called police, who later found two locked and unloaded handguns in the trunk of his car...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 21, 2010 (boomark / email).