Legislative wrap up: A handful of little-known bills seek to remedy legal issues
Editor’s note: Taylor Dobbs and Kate Robinson contributed to this report. Sen. Dick Sears, chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary. VTD/Alan Panebaker This legislative session, two judicial issues...
View ArticleState asks for time to study how suspects with traumatic brain injury are...
Disability and mental health officials Tuesday told lawmakers they need more time to gather data about people with traumatic brain injury before the Legislature passes a bill to plug a loophole in how...
View ArticleLegislative wrap: Judiciary committees usher into law measures both sweeping...
Chairman Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee discuss a fee bill that contains a measure on gun storage in April. Photo by Laura Krantz/VTDigger A ban on...
View ArticleDefender General, state’s attorneys escaped budget cuts
State prosecutors and public defenders were the two departments this month that escaped the chopping block as lawmakers cut $31 million from the state budget. Statewide budget cuts came after revenue...
View ArticleStudy finds improvement in handling of young offenders
State’s attorneys in some parts of Vermont are still reluctant to charge 16- and 17-year-olds in juvenile court, despite significant improvements recently in how prosecutors across the state treat...
View ArticleDavid Rangaviz: Civil recovery laws need repealing
Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Rangaviz, who grew up in Montpelier, and recently moved to Maryland to work as a public defender in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. He is a 2011...
View ArticleLawmakers pass bill that makes it easier to clear one’s criminal record
Andy Pallito (left), commissioner of the Department of Corrections,and Bobby Sand, the governor’s liaison to criminal justice programs. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger Lawmakers gave their final...
View ArticleLegislative Wrap: Child protection reforms topped criminal justice agenda
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee discuss gun legislation in March. Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger The deaths of two young children last year weighed heavily on lawmakers as they entered the...
View ArticleLisa Chalidze: Race to the courthouse
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lisa Chalidze, who is a lawyer and chairwoman of the Criminal Justice Division at the College of St. Joseph in Rutland. She lives in Benson. Recently, a grand jury...
View ArticlePatrick Leahy: Time to end mandatory minimum sentences
Editor’s note: This commentary is by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. They are comments made at The Bipartisan Summit on Fair Justice on July 22 on Capitol Hill. Leahy has partnered with U.S. Sen. Rand...
View ArticleLegislative wrap up: A handful of little-known bills seek to remedy legal issues
Editor’s note: Taylor Dobbs and Kate Robinson contributed to this report. Sen. Dick Sears, chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary. VTD/Alan Panebaker This legislative session, two judicial issues...
View ArticleState asks for time to study how suspects with traumatic brain injury are...
Disability and mental health officials Tuesday told lawmakers they need more time to gather data about people with traumatic brain injury before the Legislature passes a bill to plug a loophole in how...
View ArticleLegislative wrap: Judiciary committees usher into law measures both sweeping...
Chairman Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee discuss a fee bill that contains a measure on gun storage in April. Photo by Laura Krantz/VTDigger A ban on...
View ArticleDefender General, state’s attorneys escaped budget cuts
State prosecutors and public defenders were the two departments this month that escaped the chopping block as lawmakers cut $31 million from the state budget. Statewide budget cuts came after revenue...
View ArticleStudy finds improvement in handling of young offenders
State’s attorneys in some parts of Vermont are still reluctant to charge 16- and 17-year-olds in juvenile court, despite significant improvements recently in how prosecutors across the state treat...
View ArticleDavid Rangaviz: Civil recovery laws need repealing
Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Rangaviz, who grew up in Montpelier, and recently moved to Maryland to work as a public defender in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. He is a 2011...
View ArticleLawmakers pass bill that makes it easier to clear one’s criminal record
Andy Pallito (left), commissioner of the Department of Corrections,and Bobby Sand, the governor’s liaison to criminal justice programs. File photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger Lawmakers gave their final...
View ArticleLegislative Wrap: Child protection reforms topped criminal justice agenda
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee discuss gun legislation in March. Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger The deaths of two young children last year weighed heavily on lawmakers as they entered the...
View ArticleLisa Chalidze: Race to the courthouse
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Lisa Chalidze, who is a lawyer and chairwoman of the Criminal Justice Division at the College of St. Joseph in Rutland. She lives in Benson. Recently, a grand jury...
View ArticlePatrick Leahy: Time to end mandatory minimum sentences
Editor’s note: This commentary is by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. They are comments made at The Bipartisan Summit on Fair Justice on July 22 on Capitol Hill. Leahy has partnered with U.S. Sen. Rand...
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