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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 7

    Kevin Zeich had 3 and a half years left on his prison sentence. His doctors said he had less than half that long to live. So he requested “compassionate release,” a provision for inmates who are very sick or old.http://nyti.ms/2G2QC9s 

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      2. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 7

        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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      3. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 7

        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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      4. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 7

        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/2G2QC9s 

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      5. The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 7

        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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      1. Big Tweety Pie‏ @Moonwake Mar 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        Sorry if you can't do the time don't do the crime.

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      1. Al gonzalez‏ @ReconGonzalez Mar 7
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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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      2. dorothy‏ @dorth_2000 Mar 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        Well, many are dead because

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      3. Tammy Ward‏ @Tammy_Lee_Ward Mar 7
        Replying to @dorth_2000 @nytimes

        You obviously didn’t read the article

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      4. Now Mrs Perfik‏ @MissCJWright Mar 7
        Replying to @Tammy_Lee_Ward @dorth_2000 @nytimes

        She might have. Many people could have died because of his drug dealing.

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      2. Incognito‏ @zebedol Mar 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        Our prison system is ruthless.

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      3. Black Sheep‏ @BenTps Mar 7
        Replying to @zebedol @nytimes

        Check out other countries before you make that statement.

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      4. Matt Kern‏ @matthew_mkern Mar 7
        Replying to @BenTps @zebedol @nytimes

        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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      5. Incognito‏ @zebedol Mar 7
        Replying to @matthew_mkern @BenTps @nytimes

        Yes, countries that treat prisoners humanely and want them to not spend their entire lives being belittled behind bars.

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      1. Marcy Starnes‏ @MarcyStarnes1 Mar 7
        Replying to @nytimes

        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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      1. Scott Spencer‏ @wspen54568 Mar 7
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        Was he "compassionate" as he committed his crime? I don't think so, but.......

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      1. EffiVera‏ @VeraEffi Mar 7
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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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      2. Matt Kappel‏ @Eldridtch Mar 7
        Replying to @boatgirl3 @nytimes

        ‘Mr. Zeich, who was serving 27 years for dealing methamphetamine...’

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      1. IgnorantWisdom‏ @Red4Skin Mar 8
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        We're in a country that feels worse for criminals than victims.

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