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The Senate Judiciary Committee has recommended passage of an adult use cannabis bill on a 3-2 vote which now goes before the full 24-member Senate after being amended in form from the House.
The most glaring is that Paul Raymond reportedly ordered a witness to remain silent about evidence that cleared Macholl, and records show that witness was blocked from talking to investigators for at least a month.
Judge William Delker dismissed the charges on Tuesday and ruled that Frank Davis, 82, is not competent to stand trial and cannot be restored to competency, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Two of the jurors who awarded David Meehan a record $38 million for the hundreds of rapes and beatings he suffered as a child while in state custody are shocked to learn the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office plans to cap the payout at $475,000.
A New Hampshire woman, who officials said is wanted in New Hampshire for failing to appear in court for two felony charges related to an overdose death of another woman in 2020, is due in a Vermont courtroom Monday afternoon after her arrest by federal and state authorities.
The jury in Rockingham Superior Court is holding the state of New Hampshire to account for the rapes, beatings, and brutality suffered by David Meehan as a child, awarding him $38 million in damages which represents the largest amount awarded in a contested civil liability trial in state history.
The House Thursday initially approved changes to the Youth Detention Center settlement fund that officials believe will make the program more attractive to the victims and increase settlements.
As a child in state custody, his attorney says David Meehan was raped at least 200 times. He suffered almost as many beatings, and was forced into hellish solitary confinement for at least 100 days.
Bonnie Sitomer, who says she was a victim of sexual assault by a former North Conway counselor, sat in the gallery of the state Senate Thursday as it passed a bill she helped along that forces stricter rules for violent felons who want to change their names and try to erase their past.