The Crime Report
JANUARY 7, 2022
percent of the population, Black people in Vermont were six times more likely to be jailed than white people in 2019, reports VTDigger. Black people were also 14 times as likely to be charged in felony drug cases, with those who were sent to prison on felony drug cases often being charged with cocaine sale or possession.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 20, 2022
When looking at the charges individuals are being held on, in two of three counties, the average length of stay for violent felonies increased by 23 or more days. Yet, in all counties, individuals admitted for violent felonies spent on average over 100 days in jail in 2019. . Looking Ahead.
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The Crime Report
MAY 9, 2022
In some states, residents couldn’t previously obtain a permit to carry if they had been convicted of resisting law enforcement or had juvenile adjudications that would have been felonies had the person been an adult. In other words, without the charge of carrying a handgun without a license, he may have kept the firearm.”.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 6, 2021
Of the 1,385,258 people in prison for felony convictions in 2019, it is estimated one to five percent—or between 13,853 and 69,263 people—at the end of 2019 were in prison for crimes they did not commit. The first recorded wrongful conviction case occurred in 1812 in Vermont and involved two brothers falsely accused and convicted of murder.
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