Get Mash (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
The Vermont man accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Brooke Bennett has waived a preliminary hearing at which an FBI agent was expected to testify. Read the full story
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
The Vermont man accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Brooke Bennett has waived a preliminary hearing at which an FBI agent was expected to testify.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Two lawyers with extensive background in capital cases have joined the defense team of Michael Jacques, accused of kidnapping his 12-year-old niece, Brooke Bennett.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Two New Jersey lawyers have joined the defense team of Michael Jacques in anticipation that federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Brooke Bennett.
MyCrimeSpace (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Jacques Assigned More Lawyers: The accused kidnapper and possible killer of Brooke Bennett has been assigned some more legal assistance. Michael Jacques will be receiving legal counsel from a husband and wife team of lawyers from New Jersey. It’s alleged that none of their clients have ever been put to death. If they usually practice in [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The man accused of abducting 12-year-old Brooke Bennett of Braintree is scheduled appear in court on Wednesday.
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
It's Thursday night. What will the headlines be tomorrow? That depends on how smart the Vermont press corps is... or isn't. All things being equal, the headlines you would read concern the beginning of the Senate hearings on the sex offender issue, and the Brooke Bennett case in particular. Jim Douglas has been push-polling, spinning, and promoting ineffective populist solutions as loudly as he can,...
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
A judge is giving prosecutors more time to make their case against two men facing charges in the case of 12-year-old murder victim Brooke Bennett. Read the full story
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
A judge is giving prosecutors more time to make their case against two men facing charges in the case of 12-year-old murder victim Brooke Bennett.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
When a state Senate committee begins deliberating later this summer on how to respond to the kidnap and killing of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, it also will be under pressure to deal with a new federal law named for another slain child.
MyCrimeSpace (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Former stepfather of Vermont girl indicted: I’m sure by now those of you who are following the Brooke Bennett story already know that her ex-stepfather has been indicted in San Antonio. Ray Gagnon was indicted on child porn charges there yesterday. Gagnon admitted to police that he had a friend/roommate/landlord dispose of his safe which contained a [...]
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Word finally got into the papers about the push-poll, but it wasn't a reporter delivering the news : Jim Douglas and Brian Dubie have taken the strategy to a new low. Word is out that Gov. Douglas is doing a push poll using Brooke Bennett's death. Can even diehard Douglas supporters stomach that level of cynicism? That's from an op-ed by Assistant House Majority Leader Floyd Nease, and it's a rather...
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The sex slaying of a 12-year-old girl has set off a political battle in Vermont, where the lieutenant governor has called for harsh new laws, observers say.Vermont Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie says the killing of Brooke Bennett, 12, of Braintree, Vt., shows the need for laws calling for a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years for child sex offenders, as well as physical or chemical castration, The Bennington...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
MONTPELIER - Seizing on the case of slain 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie yesterday called on lawmakers to convene in a special session next month to pass new laws cracking down on sex offenders, proposing a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term and other measures.
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Just got this email from a reader. If true, it is beyond vile and reprehensible: I live in (town in Central Vermont) and was just push polled. The questions began with generic questions about the gubernatorial race, but descended into questions intimating that Gay (sic) Symington was weak on child sex offenders, followed by questions intimating that Jim Douglas wants to execute and chemically castrate...
