WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Lawmakers Delay Resignation Ruling
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Montpelier, Vermont - January 19, 2006
The House Judiciary Committee has decided to take a wait and see attitude on the Judge Cashman sentencing controversy today.
The committee has been handed a resolution that asks Cashman to resign, after he sentenced an admitted sex offender to a minimum of 60 days. Thursday, the chairman of the committee, Hinesburg Democrat Bill Lippert, said he wants to wait and see if Judge Cashman reconsiders the sentence he gave to Mark Hulett. The state has changed its corrections policy to answer Cashman's objections and give sex offenders like Hulett treatment in jail.
The non-binding resolution was introduced by a host of Republicans and a couple of Democrats. The committee could endorse the resolution, reject it, or change it.
The committee will not be hearing from the Judge, he sent a note saying he could not testify because it's an on-going case.
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