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Sorrell Makes Case For Re-election

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb
Published October 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM EDT
Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell prepares for a debate during the August 2012 primary.
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Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell prepares for a debate during the August 2012 primary.
Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell prepares for a debate during the August 2012 primary.

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Bill Sorrell has been elected to seven consecutive terms as Vermont's Attorney General. This summer he faced his toughest campaign yet in a primary battle for the Democratic nomination. Now Sorrell, Republican Jack McMullen and Progressive Ed Stanak are vying for the role as Vermont's top law enforcement officer. VPR's Mitch Wertieb talks with Sorrell about some of the high-profile controversies in the AG's office, including how police shooting and Taser deployments are reviewed and a federal lawsuit over the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.

Also in the program, a new book of photos and stories captures the essence of Townshend. Photographer Carl Decker worked on the project for a decade, and shares the results with VPR's Jane Lindholm.

And, the surprising story of how a move to Vermont launched a new career for musician Ryan Miller of the band Guster. Miller is finding new success as a film score composer from his home in Williston.
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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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