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Meanwhile, a bill that would compel the department to more regularly report to victims the status of restitution cases has been moving quickly through the Legislature during this session.
The Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence backed this legislation along with past and present victim witness advocates from Hillsborough County. Pamela Keilig with the coalition said this law hasn’t been updated in 30 years, and these changes are consistent with “best practices” adopted in other states including Maine and Pennsylvania. Union Leader April 19, 2026 Lyn Schollett, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, urged support, noting 12 states have judges identified in evaluations and other states do it through state bar associations.
She repeated Lynn’s assessment that the caliber of judicial work in New Hampshire is high. The evaluations don’t look at case outcomes but rather a judge’s impartiality, temperament and the clarity of his or her decisions, Schollett said. “I have seen traumatizing harm that ineffective judges can have,” Schollett added. Union Leader April 7, 2026 The bill’s backers, who include Rep. Bob Lynn of Windham, a former chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and Lyn Schollett, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, said the new requirements could improve judicial performance.
“I have seen the traumatizing harm that ineffective judges can have,” Schollett said, noting that a dozen states make judicial evaluations public by law, while others disclose them though state bar associations. NHPR April 7, 2026 |
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This website is supported by the Victims of Crime Act, Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, and the Violence Against Women Act, as well as other grants to state domestic and sexual violence coalitions. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the above-mentioned funders.
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