James Lyall: What do state’s attorneys want?

Editor’s note: This commentary is by James Lyall, who is executive director of the ACLU of Vermont.
When Vermonters go to the polls this year, they should be aware that of all the candidates on the ballot, one of the most powerful and least accountable — a public official many Vermonters know almost nothing about — is their local state’s attorney.
Elected prosecutors (called state’s attorneys in Vermont) have incredible power over the lives of Vermonters entangled i