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Lawmakers Scrap Plan to Allow Sentence Reductions During Outbreak

A proposal to provide more flexibility to Vermont courts to reduce prison sentences during the coronavirus pandemic has been abandoned for the time being. Last week, Chief Superior Court Judge Brian Grearson recommended to the Senate Judiciary Committee that it allow courts — with the agreement of both prosecutors and defense attorneys — to “reduce or […]

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