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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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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And there's many more just like him. At a cost of Millions of dollars to the tax payers. Most are in for non violent offences. Everything a Federal Offence nowadays. Don't believe me, then do your own due diligences.
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Nope. Serve the time.
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There is no limit to the size of the prison infinitely and I think that I can not help it. While praying, I pray that I will endeavor as much as possible for his life.
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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
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Why is this bad though
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Aaaaaah that makes me so sad boo fucking hoo
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inhumane
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Since imprisonment is out-sourced and long been commercialized, business and profit have no place for compassion. Inmates regardless of their status are just Numbers in making money machine. What a shameful system.
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