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Rep. Eric Maguire urges statute to extend Chittenden ‘accountability court’ model to Rutland
Summary
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Eric Maguire presented an amendment to H.937 to codify the Chittenden County community accountability court model statewide, citing high clearance rates and stronger service linkages; members and defense counsel probed resource, staffing and measurement questions. The committee postponed further consideration until Friday.
Rep. Eric Maguire, a representative, told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that an amendment to H.937 would guarantee the dedicated judicial time, designated prosecutors and embedded human‑services support that made Chittenden County’s community accountability court pilot successful.
"The Community Accountability Court model delivers exactly what our justice system needs," Rep. Eric Maguire said, citing the pilot’s rapid case resolution and in‑court connections to treatment and stabilization services.
Maguire outlined pilot statistics for the committee: the Chittenden docket handled roughly 900 cases that included about 100 repeat offenders, resolved more than 700 cases as the docket expanded to nearly 1,000, and produced what he described as a clearance rate "roughly 3 times higher than typical courts." He said Rutland County had not received the same…
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