Should she be released?

Should she be released?

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Sun Devil said:
special circumstance for freedom I believe depends on the condition and I believe in her case if her cancer has metastisized to the point where her death is likely to where she wont serve her full sentence why waste taxpayer money? Treating her, feeding her, medicating her, and showering her?

From an economic standpoint it makes no sense. It's like putting money in a broken soda machine.
So her being released means she is truly free? Well to argue that we would have to start another thread. The
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Whether it makes sense economically, it makes sense in regard to justice. People pay consequences for their decisions, her decisions led her to have a certain amount of time to spend in prison, one that she knew would likely outlast her lifespan even without cancer and one for which we knew we'd have to pay.

I do not see this as a special enough circumstance to set her free, many people get this disease and are not granted special boons from the "beneficent" government.. The reality is we'll still be paying for her medical care either way, and we'd be paying for any prisoner's housing. She earned a time in prison, she needs to serve the time as any other prisoner would.

Now if this was an argument to end her care I'd be against that, vociferously and vehemently.
 
Sun Devil said:
She is not the first case of someone released for a terminal disease. I think factors such as the type of crime, psychological profile of the inmate (e.g Is the inmate a psychotic killer) or if the inmate has expressed "good behavior" not to mention good legal counsel all factor in these situations.
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These cons are all ignoring the fact that there's a code covering compassionate release and she's not the first person to benefit from it.

18 U.S. Code § 3582 - Imposition of a sentence of imprisonment

And...

Compassionate release is a legal system that grants inmates early release from prison sentences on special grounds such as terminal illness or a child in the community with an urgent need for his or her incarcerated guardian.[SUP][1][/SUP] Compassionate release procedures, which are also known as medical release, medical parole, medical furlough and humanitarian parole, can be mandated by the courts or by internal corrections authorities. Unlike parole, compassionate release is not based on a prisoner's behavior or sentencing, but on medical or humanitarian changes in the prisoner's situation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassionate_release
 
Sun Devil said:
Ok...Thanks for insulting me. You see, I was very polite with you and actually thought your reasoning was quite stupid and used an example of the broken soda machine to prevent me calling your reasoning stupid, but I sense you want to slang insults. Ok well we'll agree to disagree. Either way, the lady is going to die and it really does not concern me regarding her fate.
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Maybe you should stop trying to move the goal posts, in the middle of a discussion; because it's not polite.
Since it makes no difference to you, then why were you advocating she should have been released?
 
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