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Victim urges tighter exemptions to Vermont ‘good time’ rule as committee hears H.252 testimony
Summary
Tammy Carboni told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee her husband’s 2016 killing was "100% preventable" and urged added exemptions to the 2021 blanket "good time" law after learning the convicted killer qualified for earned-time credit; a motion to vote on H.252 received no second and the committee recessed.
Tammy Carboni, a resident who said she lost her husband in 2016, told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee on Thursday that she supports earned-time programs in principle but wants the 2021 blanket "good time earned" law narrowed with added exemptions.
Carboni described how security-camera footage and later testimony showed the man later convicted in her husband’s death was responsible, and said she was stunned to learn he qualified for the law’s 25% sentence reduction because his charges were not among the later-added exemptions. "My husband's death was 100% 100% preventable," Carboni said during her testimony, describing long-term emotional and financial impacts.
The testimony centered on H.252, a bill Rep. Chris Pritchard said he drafted at Carboni’s request. Pritchard introduced Carboni to the committee and provided…
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