Senate Judiciary hears data limits, definitions as S-12 (record sealing) moves forward
Researchers from the Scribe Research Group told the Senate Judiciary committee that Vermont’s statutory recidivism measure is narrow and that statewide criminal-justice data have coverage gaps; lawmakers discussed timing for further testimony on S-12 and researcher access to criminal-history records.
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Montpelier, Vt. — Members of the Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 18 heard researchers explain limits of Vermont’s criminal-justice data and the state’s official recidivism definition as the panel continued consideration of S-12, a bill that would affect sealing/expungement of records and researcher access to those records.
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