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Women’s prison opens, but not enough women to fill it
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Vermont corrections officials have rearranged the state’s prison system, turning the correctional facility in St. Albans into a women’s prison.VPR News
St. Albans tackles drug crime
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In a time of rising drug crime in Vermont and tight resources for law enforcement, the people of St. Albans are waging their own war on drugs.VPR News
Committee chair says expanded subpoena power may be needed
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The chairman of the Vermont Senate’s Judiciary Committee says lawmakers may want to consider expanding the power of legislative committees to subpoena witnesses and take testimony under oath.VPR News
Committee likely to recommend lengthy mandatory minimum sentences
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says the panel is likely to recommend lengthy mandatory minimum sentences for egregious sex crimes.VPR News
Judiciary Committee chairman frustrated judge won’t talk about Jacques case
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is frustrated that a judge won’t talk about a case involving Michael Jacques (Jakes), the man accused of kidnapping Brooke Bennett, The committee is holding hearings on possible changes to Vermont law following the kidnapping and murder of Bennett, a 12-year-old Braintree girl.VPR News
Hearings begin on sex crime penalties
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The probation officer who supervised the man accused of abducting 12-year-old Brooke Bennett says he felt compelled to recommend the release of Michael Jacques from probation on an earlier conviction.VPR News
Midday Newscast: March 17, 2008
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Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will join Sen. Patrick Leahy for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Rutland next week; the Legislature is considering a bill that would require a state permit for anyone who wants to sell pets; the state of New Hampshire is helping to make sure a proposed wood pellet plant can be built in Berlin; Dino Ambrosini, a retired marble sculptor whose work decorates several public spaces in Rutland, has died.VPR News