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it varies with with the state obviously
the the federal law is is is consistent
throughout the 50 states in other words
all United States district courts cases
or or sentenced in in the same type of
way whereby states have individual
statutes Federal statutes or or one and
they apply to everyone in the country
who’s charged with a federal crime many
times uh penalties in federal cases are
more severe because of congress’s taking
up of certain cases for instance in gun
cases associated with drug offenses
there are extremely extremely
challenging sentences
severe sentences Associated for instance
with a a weapons offense possession of a
firearm during the commission of a
felony or associated with the commission
of a felony the penalties in federal
court can be much greater than in state
court for those so uh it’s a harsher
reality for someone charged with a
federal offense
foreign
Morristown, NJ criminal defense lawyer Blair R. Zwillman explains how the penalties for federal crimes compare to New Jersey state crimes.