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NJ 'Werewolf' Killer To Be Released From VA Mental Institution NJ 'Werewolf' Killer To Be Released From VA Mental Institution
NJ 'Werewolf' Killer To Be Released From VA Mental Institution A New Jersey man who thought he was killing a werewolf when he attacked an Alexandria store manager is set to be released from a mental institution soon, a report says.  Pankaj Bhasin, 37, killed Bradford Jackson, a stranger to him, in 2018. A year later, a Virginia court determined that Bhasin was legally insane at the time of the killing, the Washington Post reported at the time.  Doctors at the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute now say he's well enough to leave the facility after two years of treatment, and a judge has agreed to allow him a conditional release, NBC…

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by Josh Lanier
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NJ Suspends Jury Trials, Grand Juries Amid Second COVID-19 Wave NJ Suspends Jury Trials, Grand Juries Amid Second COVID-19 Wave
NJ Suspends Jury Trials, Grand Juries Amid Second Covid-19 Wave New Jersey's highest court suspended all criminal and civil jury trials and in-person grand jury sessions Monday amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the Garden State. “The increasing rates of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths make it impracticable and unsafe for certain in-person court events to continue at the level reached during the past few months,” State Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote. In-person grand jury panels can continue to convene virtually in all 21 counties, under the order signed by Rabner. Socially distanced jury trials and in-person grand jury session…

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by Jerry DeMarco