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VT - Sex Offender Debate Clears Key Hurdle

View the article here 02/20/2009 MONTPELIER - House members worked into the night Thursday debating a bill that cracks down on sex offenders. The house gave preliminary approval of the bill by a vote of 131 to 2. "These offenders for the most part are people we know, people we trust, they're members of our families," Rep. Ann Pugh (D) South Burlington, said during the debate. The bill dubbed, S. 13 was written by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It's a wide-reaching proposal that overhauls the state's system for handling sex offenders. The rape and murder of 12 year-old Brooke Bennett of Randolph this summer prompted lawmakers to review Vermont's sex offender policies. Bennett's uncle, 42 year old Michael Jacques, a convicted sex offender, is accused of raping and killing his niece...continue to full post

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