First, New Jersey is cracking down on home invasion crimes.

Governor Murphy was in Edison today signing a new law that puts stiffer penalties on people who commit crimes of burglary and home invasion.

To start, it classifies the crimes separately.

A home invasion burglary is now a first degree crime carrying a 10 to 20 year prison sentence and a fine of up to $200,000.

That refers to when a person breaks into a home and injuring someone while also carrying a deadly weapon, even if that weapon isn't used.

A residential burglary is now a second degree crime.

That's when a person breaks into a home, but no one's hurt.

That person can face 5 to 10 years in prison now and a $150,000 fine.

Governor Murphy today said the law also extends to juveniles carrying out a home invasion with a firearm, meaning they can be tried as adults.

The bill signing comes after the governor was pressed by lawmakers in both parties to act on the legislation after Assemblyman Paul Kanitra's was home was recently burglarized and a Cumberland County prosecutor's office detective was shot and killed in her home following an invasion.

This is tough, tough medicine.

All of these reforms will help make our criminal justice system more responsive to meaningful threats.

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