re: Sentencing today

I don’t think he’s really guilty. I mean he may kinda look like a rapist but he was America’s dad

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no prison will want him

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I don't really think it works like this. Prisons can't just let people go free because they don't want someone.

It's a lot of paperwork and showing that the inmate is both harmless and likely to die soon, but it can happen.

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Federal laws governing compassionate release include 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)1(A), which came into effect on 1 November 1987 and governs those whose offenses occurred since it was enacted, and 18 U.S.C. 4205(g), the previous version, which still controls release of inmates who were convicted of offenses that occurred on or prior to that date.[2] States that offer compassionate release each have their own laws governing eligibility, and it may differ from the federal versions both in the requirements for eligibility and in the type of release that can be granted, for example medical parole rather than resentencing.

To seek compassionate release, federal inmates must file a petition with the warden. Compassionate release is only granted "when there are particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing."[64]

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