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In 2021, a federal judge granted compassionate release to a man whose health problems went untreated in BOP custody during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
In 2021, a federal judge granted compassionate release to a 56-year-old man with HIV who was serving a 600-month drug sentence.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
Can diabetes support compassionate release? A federal judge released James Scampitilla, who had type 2 diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
Yes, people convicted of sex offenses can get federal compassionate release. Here is one 2020 case where a judge granted it, and what courts weigh.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
A judge released a man with a liver-kidney transplant from FCI Butner, finding the prison struggled to contain COVID-19 and to care for him when he was sick.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
In 2021, a federal judge in Indiana cut a man’s 151-month drug sentence to time served because his Parkinson’s disease had reached Stage 3.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
A federal judge granted immediate release to a man with a terminal illness after the Bureau of Prisons itself asked the court to let him go home.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
A New York federal court released a man after 150 months of a 188-month cocaine sentence, citing his RDAP, classes, family ties and COVID-19 concerns.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
A federal judge in Ohio granted compassionate release to Curtis Mack, citing his lung condition, his rehabilitation in prison and his family support.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
In 2020, a federal judge ordered the BOP to move low-risk prisoners at Lompoc to home confinement after a major COVID-19 outbreak. Here is what happened.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
In U.S. v. Beck, a federal judge granted compassionate release after prison doctors delayed a woman’s breast cancer care for months. Here is what happened.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
A Minnesota federal judge granted compassionate release to a 71-year-old man with kidney and heart disease after the Bureau of Prisons said no. Here is why.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
Steve Cheatham, dying of cancer, won compassionate release in court under the First Step Act but died before he could be told. Here is what his case shows.
Outcomes vary. A past result does not predict or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
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