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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series that examines the impact on criminal defendants, victims, their advocates and the criminal justice system itself of the ongoing hold on state jury trials because of the pandemic. BENNINGTON — The woman says she still has nightmares about that night, three Decembers ago, when she thought her boyfriend would kill her. She told police he repeatedly squeezed her neck, until she almost blacked out. At one point, he apparently tried to strangle her in the bathroom, using a shower c...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BENNINGTON — To facilitate the restart of Vermont jury trials, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested designating frontline court personnel as a priority group to receive the coronavirus vaccine. State court officials have put jury trials on hold since March, when the coronavirus pandemic hit Vermont, in an effort to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. When the vaccine was rolled out in December, the administration of Gov. Phil Scott directed Vermont’s initial doses toward high-risk health care ...