He was nearly blind, battling cancer and virtually unable to eat. His warden approved the request for release, but the federal Bureau of Prisons turned him down.http://nyti.ms/2G2QC9s
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Congress created compassionate release as a way to free certain inmates, such as the terminally ill, when it becomes “inequitable” to keep them in prison. But officials still deny or delay the vast majority of requests.http://nyti.ms/2G2QC9s
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From 2013 to 2017, according to data analyzed by
@MarshallProj and The Times, 266 inmates who requested compassionate release died in custody. Kevin Zeich, who requested release 4 times, was among them.http://nyti.ms/2G2QC9sShow this thread -
On his fourth try for compassionate release, Zeich's daughter received a phone call saying he would soon be on a plane home. Early the next morning, she was told he had died.http://nyti.ms/2G2QC9s
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Sorry if you can't do the time don't do the crime.
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don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time, and stop the baby crying
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Well, many are dead because
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You obviously didn’t read the article
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She might have. Many people could have died because of his drug dealing.
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Our prison system is ruthless.
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Check out other countries before you make that statement.
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You mean other countries that offer furlough and actual rehabilitation for its prisoners? Other countries that are actually closing down prisons because of low populations whereas America is overcrowding them because of the money made off their slave labor?
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Yes, countries that treat prisoners humanely and want them to not spend their entire lives being belittled behind bars.
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A difficult story to read, my condolences to the families. We need to show compassion for terminal convicts, who show no menace to society.
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Was he "compassionate" as he committed his crime? I don't think so, but.......
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How would private prison industry maximize its profits if people weren’t kept in jail for whatever reason, for as long as possible??
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‘Mr. Zeich, who was serving 27 years for dealing methamphetamine...’
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We're in a country that feels worse for criminals than victims.
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