House panel advances plan for sentencing-reconsideration working group to draft second-look options
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.
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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.
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