Norman Reid's case highlights the systemic failures and racial biases within New Jersey's criminal justice system, where he has spent nearly three decades in prison due to judicial errors and unconstitutional sentencing. Convicted of aggravated manslaughter in 1997, Reid's sentence of 30 years to life was based on a misinterpretation of his prior minor convictions and a disregard for legal precedents like Apprendi v. New Jersey and Blakely v. Washington, which mandate jury in

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