VT Edition: Dick Sears on the public sex offender hearings in Vermont

The Senate Judiciary Committee has held hearings across the state this summer and fall, taking public opinion on how to punish and treat sex offenders. The hearings sprang from the violent murder of a 12-year old Randolph girl, Brooke Bennett. Now the committee is wrapping up its work and preparing draft recommendations for the Legislature to consider. VPR’s Jane Lindholm speaks with Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Sears about what his committee heard from the public, and what recommendations the panel has formulated so far.