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House panel advances plan for sentencing-reconsideration working group to draft second-look options
Summary
Members of the House Judiciary Committee discussed language in S.109 to create a working group to study sentence-review processes beyond Vermont's 90-day rule and to draft potential second-look legislation; advocates and agency representatives urged clearer charge, broader membership and an expectation of draft legislative language.
The House Judiciary Committee on April 29 discussed language in S.109 creating a working group to review Vermont's post-sentencing review processes and to consider "changes to current law and practice," a scope that witnesses and committee members said should be tightened so the group produces draft legislation if the committee intends to pursue a second-look law.
The issue is whether Vermont should adopt a second-look process that would allow some prisoners to seek a review of lengthy sentences years after they were imposed. Charlie Glesserman, policy director at the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, told the committee that victim participation and other detailed design issues are critical if a second-look scheme is developed.
The committee's legislative counsel, Eric Papadzek of the Office of Legislative Council, described…
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