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Court Reform Panel Travels
By LYNNE TUOHY
Courant Staff Writer
August 1 2006
The Governor's Commission on Judicial Reform is hitting the road to
solicit public input for its efforts to find ways to make state courts
and documents more open and accessible to the public.
Five hearings are planned around the state, beginning with the
Legislative Office Building and including sessions in Norwalk, East
Haven, Norwich and Waterbury.
The first session is tonight at 7 in Room 2C of the Legislative Office
Building. Speakers will be able to sign up beginning at 6:30 p.m., and
will be limited to five minutes of testimony.
Other hearings are scheduled Monday in the East Forum at Norwalk
Community College; Aug. 10 at the East Haven Senior Center on Taylor
Avenue; Aug. 15 in the Council Chambers of Norwich City Hall and Aug.
17 in the Council Chambers of Waterbury City Hall. All sessions will
begin at 7 p.m. with the sign-in sheet available at 6:30 p.m.
The public may also e-mail comments to judicialreform@cga.ct.gov or
submit written testimony at hearings, but written testimony must be
accompanied by 10 copies.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell encouraged residents to weigh in with the task force
she created in May in the wake of a scandal over former Chief Justice
William J. Sullivan's withholding release of a controversial ruling to
aid a colleague's chances of succeeding him as chief justice.
"The commission has been surveying judicial rules, policies and
procedures regarding access to court operations, and will eventually
make a set of recommendations to me," Rell said in prepared statement.
Rell set a deadline of Oct. 1 for the commission to report its findings
and recommendations.
Copyright 2006, Hartford Courant
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