BREAKING: Soft-on-crime law Nellie Pou championed let out dangerous criminals later charged with murder
A bombshell report blasts radical Democrat Nellie Pou for championing soft-on-crime legislation that let out dangerous criminals, including three who were later charged with murder.
Pou’s pro-criminal legislation that left law-abiding New Jerseyans dead is bad enough, but now, she’s refusing to take accountability, as she “did not directly respond to a request for comment.”
Pou’s radical record won’t fly in November in her Trump-won district.
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House Democrat blasted after early release law freed inmates later charged with murder
Fox News
Adam Pack
July 31, 2026
A COVID-era prison release law championed by Rep. Nellie Pou, D-N.J., is facing renewed scrutiny after multiple inmates freed early under the program were later charged with murder.
More than 7,000 inmates received an early release starting in November 2020 after then-Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., signed legislation sponsored by Pou, then a New Jersey state senator.
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People serving time for other violent offenses — including aggravated manslaughter and kidnapping — could still receive a shortened sentence of up to eight months.
Two inmates released under the program later pleaded guilty to or were convicted in separate homicide cases. A third remains in custody awaiting trial on murder and conspiracy charges.
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Jerry Crawford, 30, was arrested in the shooting death of an 18-year-old just two days after his release on parole supervision in November 2020.
Crawford, who had been serving a burglary sentence, would have otherwise remained incarcerated until the following month, according to the New Jersey Department of Corrections, NJ.com reported.
He is scheduled to stand trial in January 2027 on murder and conspiracy charges, according to New Jersey court records.
Another inmate, 31-year-old Ronny Paden, was released early in November 2020 after the COVID-era program shortened his sentence for aggravated assault and weapons offenses. Two months later, he shot and killed two men at a birthday party.
Paden later pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in state prison.
A third inmate, Theodore Luckey, 47, is serving life without parole after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.
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“Nellie is a threat to her constituents’ safety, and they’ll send her packing because of it,” National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole said.
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