N.J. defendants are set free on bail payment plans without judges, prosecutors knowing

... dating back more than a decade. Bryant, 29, was charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a two-year-old Newark boy in December 2011. Prosecutors say the payment plan phenomenon has grown unchecked in recent years, upending a multimillion ...

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