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VT: Former high-ranking VTANG member pleads guilty in child pornography case

·November 29, 2020
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[mychamplainvalley.com - 11/28/20] A Shelburne man who was once a high-ranking member of the Vermont Air National Guard will avoid a federal child pornography trial by pleading guilty to a…

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CO, LA, VT: More states enact major “second chance” reforms

·June 12, 2018
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[ccresourcecenter.org 6/11/18] In recent weeks, three more states — Colorado, Louisiana and Vermont — have enacted laws intended to make it easier for people with a criminal record to find…

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VT: Supreme Court says sex offenders can have porn

·April 7, 2018
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The Vermont Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state cannot uniformly declare pornography off-limits to sex offenders. The decision does allow a sex offender’s probation to include such restrictions,…

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VT: City won’t fight sex offender ruling

·December 20, 2017
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The Board of Aldermen will not challenge a superior court’s decision that strikes down a city ordinance restricting where convicted sex offenders can live in Rutland. ... Hoar’s ruling said…

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VT: Judge strikes down Rutland’s limits on where sex offenders can live

·December 15, 2017
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[vtdigger.org] RUTLAND — A judge has shot down an ordinance in Rutland that limited where convicted sex offenders can live in the community. “The case hinges on the question…

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PA: This Vermont program might reduce sex offender recidivism. Could it work in Philly?

·November 17, 2017
·7 Comments

Counting down his last days in prison, Greg thought about his daughter, and the grandson he’d never met. But his first days of freedom in Summer 2016 yielded more loss…

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VT: Years later, sex offender registry lacks addresses

·March 18, 2017
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Vermont families are unable to find out whether a high-risk sex offender lives in their neighborhood, years after the public sex offender registry was directed to include those details. Full Article

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VT: Sheriff Risks His Career by Hiring a Sex Offender

·April 28, 2016
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Skill saws screamed, drowning out Top 40 country music tunes while two men labored to transform a run-down garage in the village of Hyde Park. The lead carpenter on the…

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VT: High court orders re-evaluation of sex offender’s conditions

·April 25, 2016
·1 Comment

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that some conditions placed on a convicted sex offender were overbroad and in some cases too restrictive because they weren’t specifically connected…

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VT: State senator arrested and charged with sexual assault

·May 8, 2015
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ST. ALBANS, Vt. - A Vermont state senator was behind bars Thursday night. WCAX has learned that ____ ____ is facing a slew of charges including sexual assault and human…

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VT: Lawmakers ask – How good does sex registry need to be?

·January 25, 2015
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont lawmakers are grappling with how close to perfect the state's sex offender registry needs to be before offenders' addresses are posted online. Vermont in 2009…

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VT: Lawmakers not ready to post Sex Offenders’ addresses online

·July 23, 2014
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Lawmakers on Tuesday held off on deciding whether the state sex offender registry is good enough to allow offenders’ addresses to be posted online. State law says an audit of…