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In eyewitness identification, in criminal law, evidence is received from a witness "who has actually seen an event and can so testify in court". [1]The Innocence Project states that "Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide, playing a role in more than 75% of convictions overturned through DNA testing."
Jersey City is home to New Jersey City University and Saint Peter's University. [287] [288] Hudson County Community College is a junior college located in the Journal Square area offering courses to help students transition into a larger university. [289] The Newark-based New Jersey Institute of Technology has an annex at 101 Hudson Street.
Camden, 4 places in Maine, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden [100] [99] Cameron, 3 places in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia – Simon Cameron [99] Cameron, Missouri – Malinda Cameron (maiden name of wife of Samuel McCorkle, who platted the town of Somerville, Missouri)
New Jersey and Jersey City (after the Bailliage de Jersey, the largest of the Anglo-Norman Channel Islands near the coast of northwest France) Audubon (named for John James Audubon, naturalist of French descent) Bayonne (according to tradition, from Bayonne, France) Belleplain; Belleville ("Beautiful town")
Neptune Township – The Crossroads of the Jersey Shore; New Brunswick – Health Care City, [38] Hub City [39] Newark – Brick City, [40] Gateway City, [41] Renaissance Newark [41] North Arlington – Where Bergen County Begins [6] Ocean City – America's Greatest Family Resort, [42] A Moral Seaside Resort (historic slogan from the 19th ...
William McAdoo (1853–1930), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district, 1883–1891; served as New York City Police Commissioner in 1904 and 1905 [181] Jim McGreevey (born 1957), 52nd Governor of New Jersey (B) [182] John Gerald Milton (1881–1977), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate in 1938 (B) [183]
Ezra Koenig (born 1984), musician, Vampire Weekend (New York City, raised in North Jersey) Michael Landon (1936–1991), actor, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie (Queens, New York raised in Collingswood) Ailee, real name Amy Lee (born 1989), Korean singer (Denver, Colorado, grew up in Palisades Park and Leonia)
Paulus Hook is a community on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is located one mile (1.5 kilometres) across the river from Manhattan . The name Hook comes from the Dutch word "hoeck", which translates to "point of land."