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Victims tell committee VineLink failures make earned-time expansion risky
Summary
Multiple survivors and victim advocates testified that Vermont's victim-notification system (Vine/VineLink) has implementation gaps; advocates urged fixing the system, improving education and staffing, and pausing earned-time expansions until notification reliability improves.
Two survivors and multiple victim-advocacy witnesses told the Joint Justice Oversight Committee that Vermont’s victim-notification practices must be fixed before the state expands earned-time credits.
Anna Nasette described a long history of stalking and said that, unlike her experience with Washington state’s VINELINK, Vermont’s implementation failed to provide timely or trauma-informed notice. She warned that expanding earned or…
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