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Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MONTPELIER — The Vermont Senate on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to its version of a bill barring the so-called “panic defense” from being used by defendants accused of assaulting LBGTQ persons. The bill, H. 128, bars defendants from justifying the use of force against a person due to knowledge or perception of that person’s sexual orientation or gender. It also bans evidence of a nonviolent romantic or sexual advance by a crime victim towards the defendant being used to mitigate the severity of such an offense. The Senate version of the bill, which passed 29-0 — Senate President Pro Tem Becca Balint was presiding and did not vote — makes one significant addition to the House version by extending the prohibition to the sentencing phase of a trial. The House version of H. 128 was silent on sentencing.

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