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What's Happening in Vermont?

By Corey Rayburnyung

As my colleague Colin Miller has indicated, quite a bit is happening in Vermont. Colin focuses, not surprisingly, on the evidence law related issue. While members of the Vermont Senate have proposed a 34-point plan, among the ommitted suggestions was a rule which would have, as Colin notes, "brought Vermont in line with the much despised Federal Rules of Evidence 413-415." Strangely, the news account of the story focuses on what wasn't included, while details of the 34-point plan are sketchy. For a little bit more information about the portions that did not make the cut, here are some of the details from a local news account:In fact, Sears said from the outset that the committee would not spend time looking into two ideas backed by Douglas ? civil confinement and the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on November 12, 2008 (boomark / email).