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NEW JERSEY STATE STATUTES
MURDER
Felony

Death penalty

One Count 		Title 2C:11-3 Murder, First Degree

a. Except as provided in N.J.S.2C:11-4 criminal homicide constitutes murder when:

(1) The actor purposely causes death or serious bodily injury resulting in death
Felony

Life imprisonment

One Count 		Title 2C:11-3 Felony Murder, First Degree

a. Except as provided in N.J.S.2C:11-4 criminal homicide constitutes murder when:

(3) It is committed when the actor, acting either alone or with one or more other persons, is engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit robbery, sexual assault, arson, burglary, kidnapping, car jacking or criminal escape, and in the course of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, any person causes the death of a person other than one of the participants; except that in any prosecution under this subsection, in which the defendant was not the only participant in the underlying crime, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant
CONSPIRACY
Felony

One Count 		Title 2C:5 Conspiracy, Second Degree

a. Definition of conspiracy. A person is guilty of conspiracy with another person or persons to commit a crime if with the purpose of promoting or facilitating its commission he:

(1) Agrees with such other person or persons that they or one or more of them will engage in conduct which constitutes such crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime; or
(2) Agrees to aid such other person or persons in the planning or commission of such crime or of an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime.
    Following a mistrial, former rabbi Fred Neulander is retried for allegedly hiring two hit men to murder his wife so he could pursue an adulterous affair with radio host Elaine Soncini.    
   
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    Fred Neulander denies having extramarital affairs, a claim he would later recant.
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    The daughter of victim Carol Neulander and defendant Fred Neulander describes her mother's last telephone call.
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    The rabbi's ex-lover tells police about a package he supposedly sent to his house the night Carol Neulander was murdered.
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    Investigator Arthur Folks describes the crime scene where Carol Neulander was found.
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    Two indictments were filed against Fred Neulander — one before the admitted hit men confessed and one after.

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