A DAY after a man on bail was taken into police custody charged with murder, the Christie administration outlined restrictions in a Bill to Amend the Bail Act that aims to lessen the number of violent offenders who receive bail.

Legal Affairs Minister Damian Gomez also tabled statistics showing that between January 2013 and August 2014, 592 people were granted bail, including 90 accused of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, abetment, causing harm or other crimes against the person - while 121 were denied bail for those serious offences...

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