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Doctor: Cleaver attack murder suspect fit to stand trial
Aita Gurung, 34, is accused of killing his wife and severely injuring his mother-in-law with a cleaver. Courtesy Photo Burlington Police Department. BURLINGTON — A doctor has found that Aita Gurung,...
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House passes pot legalization compromise in face of federal threat
The Vermont House passed a bill Thursday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, defeating a host of amendments including one that likely would have cost the governor’s support. The House vote...
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Judge tosses child sex assault case in Washington County; blames prosecutors
BARRE — A Vermont judge says the Washington County State’s Attorney’s office dropped the ball in a child sex case, prompting him to dismiss a felony charge that carried a possible life sentence against...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Refused bar admittance, lawyer appeals
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Eric Fanning. In re Brittain, 2017 VT 31 Eric Brittain applied for admission to the Vermont Bar and was denied because he failed the character...
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UPDATED: Grand jury takes sworn testimony in Burlington College case
Burlington College’s former North Avenue campus. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a quote from Jeff Weaver, a spokesman for the Sanders family. The...
View ArticleInternational kidnapping complaint says mother, boys hiding in Vermont
BURLINGTON — A complaint about an alleged international kidnapping that stretches from Mexico City to Vermont will begin playing out in federal court in Burlington this week. Two preschool-age boys and...
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UPDATED: Williams quits as Washington County prosecutor, citing Sobel murder
Washington County State’s Attorney Scott Williams. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger (This story was updated Jan. 8, 2018, at 9:15 p.m.) Washington County State’s Attorney Scott Williams, whose...
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Man denies charges in Friday machete attack on volunteer
Abukar Ibrahim appears via video from the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility during his arraignment Monday. Ibrahim is accused of attacking a Meals on Wheels volunteer with a machete Friday....
View ArticleBody found in Barnet snow bank identified; Police rule death a homicide
The body of Greg Davis, 49, was found in a snow bank in Barnet by a passing driver on Sunday, Vermont State Police said in a statement. Davis, of Danville, was shot multiple times in the head and...
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Ex-deputy named interim Washington County state’s attorney
Gov. Phil Scott swears in Rory Thibault as interim Washington County state’s attorney Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Scott’s office A former chief deputy prosecutor in Washington County has been tapped by...
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Activist accuses trooper of race-based assault at Statehouse protest
Shela Linton, second from right, is a founder of the Root Social Justice Center in Brattleboro. Here she is pictured with fellow members of a state racial justice panel in August. File photo by Cyrus...
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UPDATED: Senate passes pot legalization, sends to governor
Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Sears, D-Bennington, speaks on the Senate floor. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger (This story was updated and expanded Jan. 10 at 8:10 p.m.) A bill legalizing the...
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Putney dog attack spurs renewed action on statewide laws
Sarah Cooper-Ellis lounges with her beloved Posy on her lap. Posy’s cousin guards the pair. Photo courtesy Sarah Cooper-Ellis (This story by Harmony Birch was published in the Brattleboro Reformer on...
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Receiver: USCIS denying green cards for some Jay Peak EB-5 investors
Michael Goldberg at a Statehouse news conference in April. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger Some EB-5 immigrant investors in the Statewide condo village project at Jay Peak Resort, which is at the...
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AG: No further investigation of prosecutor’s victim fund
Washington County State’s Attorney Scott Williams. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger The Vermont attorney general has no plans to further investigate former Washington County State’s Attorney...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Trial court’s home detention denial is appealed
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by SCOV Law editor Andrew Delaney. State v. Shores, 2017 VT 102 (mem.) Thomas Wolfe’s posthumous novel “You Can’t Go Home Again” is 743 pages long....
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The Deeper Dig: The path to legalization
A marijuana cloning facility. Photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger This week, a bill to legalize the recreational use of marijuana cleared the Vermont Senate. Gov. Phil Scott has indicated that he’ll sign...
View ArticleChief Medical Examiner put on paid leave
BURLINGTON — Dr. Steven Shapiro, Vermont’s Chief Medical Examiner, has been placed on paid administrative leave by the state while it does an internal investigation, according to the Commissioners of...
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Vermont delegation opposes short-term spending bill, as Congress barrels...
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., outside the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — All three members of Vermont’s delegation opposed a Republican-backed spending plan that would keep...
View ArticleSCOV Law Blog: Insurance companies battle over who pays when policies overlap
Editor’s note: This piece from the SCOV Law Blog is by Nicole Killoran. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. v. MMG Ins. Co., 2014 VT 70 Ever wondered what happens when you’re one of several passengers in a car...
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