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Victim urges action as committee debates forensic facility, competency restoration and oversight
Summary
At the Corrections & Institutions hearing, victim advocate Kelly Carroll urged lawmakers to close gaps in competency restoration and placement, citing multiple cases; Department and legislative counsel witnesses described models, statutory definitions (SFI), oversight questions and timelines for a forensic facility slated for phased implementation starting Jan. 1, 2028.
Kelly Carroll, who identified herself as the mother of a victim, delivered an emotional, detailed account of what she described as systemic failures in Vermont’s handling of people found not competent or whose competency is ‘fluid.’ Carroll recounted a timeline of cases, including what she described as repeated releases and failures in competency-restoration follow-up and said victims and families have been left without clear notice or recourse. "If bringing the real world result and reminding this body of the these consequences... let me just go right on the record as saying I am proud to be irrelevant," Carroll said, adding that her…
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