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Prosecutor Drops 1st & 2nd Degree Sex Offenses Black Man Accused Remains in Custody in Monmouth Jail

Prosecutor Drops 1st & 2nd Degree Sex Offenses Black Man Accused Remains in Custody in Monmouth Jail

Franklin D. Horton, an African American prisoner in Monmouth County Corrections Institution, was acquitted on all sex crimes previously charged in a four-year (hearsay) prosecution, according to recent court transcripts from the Monmouth County Superior Court (State v. Horton, Monmouth Co., N.J. Supr. Ct., Crim. No. 18003427). Chief Presiding Judge Marc C. Lemieux told Defendant Horton that ‘the State will ...

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