And hone$tly, the Globe:
"No program for inmates at life’s end" by Milton J. Valencia | Globe Staff October 06, 2014
James Flowers has spent nearly 50 years in prison for murdering a Springfield liquor store clerk. But these days, he spends most of his time in a hospital bed, immobile, mute, and suffering from end-stage dementia. At least one doctor has said the 72-year-old has only months to live.
“He’s no threat to society at all,” said his sister, Mary A. Smith, who lives in Illinois and asked the Massachusetts prison system to release Flowers to his family. “He needs someone by his side.”
Flowers and more than 30 other inmates diagnosed as terminally ill or permanently incapacitated present what has become an increasingly common predicament for the corrections system: As health care costs skyrocket, what do you do with an inmate who is so ill he is no longer a danger, but is instead a burden?
That's the mindset regarding where the money goes, huh? The agreement, of course, is that we imprison them to rehabilitate(no?) while protecting us and the state (through us, the citizens) agrees to treat take care of them and treat them humanely. Not the message coming from officialdom, though. It's these guys -- I wonder if he was falsely convicted like so many others from long ago -- are a burden to the tax $y$temn that is only concerned about shoveling loot up the ladder to their well-connected interests and concerns.
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In spite of the increasing popularity of compassionate release programs nationwide, attempts to create similar programs in Massachusetts have repeatedly failed....
Nothing left but weeds here.
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I say execute 'em all, problem solved.
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Somehow, these next two articles seem to go with this post.
Torture is wrong
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They are just discussing your case, don't worry.
Maybe you will have better luck in Vermont:
"Inmate serving life addresses graduates at Vermont college" Associated Press October 06, 2014
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — A one-time death row inmate now serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer spoke to a graduating class at a Vermont college Sunday, encouraging them to strive to transform the world.
Mumia Abu-Jamal spoke by video to 20 students receiving bachelor degrees from Goddard College in Plainfield. He earned a degree from the college in 1996.
‘‘Think about the myriad of problems that beset this land and strive to make it better,’’ Abu-Jamal said in the video.
He said his studies at Goddard allowed him to learn about important figures in distant lands.
‘‘Goddard reawakened in me my love of learning,’’ he said. ‘‘In my mind, I left death row.’’
The former Black Panther did not address the crime for which he was convicted.
He originally was sentenced to death for killing white police Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981, but he was resentenced to life in 2012.
That's a switch.
His claims that he’s been victimized by a racist justice system have attracted international support.
A radio show, documentaries, and books have helped publicize his case. Goddard College describes him as ‘‘an award-winning journalist who chronicles the human condition.’’
How many do not get that help?
But the decision to allow Abu-Jamal to speak angered law enforcement officials in Vermont and Pennsylvania.
Uh-oh. Don't you guys have other things to worry about?
The Vermont Troopers Association said it showed a disregard for the victim’s family at a time when the nation is seeking solutions to gun violence.
Yeah, mostly cops blowing away people.
So when is the next staged and scripted school shooting hoax or other mass-spraying false flag being planned? After Christmas shopping season?
Goddard, a low-residency school where students, staff, and faculty spend eight days on campus twice a year, holds 20 commencement ceremonies every year, so students in each degree program can individualize their graduations and choose their speaker.
The school, which has about 600 students, said the graduates chose Abu-Jamal as a way to ‘‘engage and think radically and critically.’’
Goddard students design their own curriculums with faculty advisers and do not take tests or receive grades.
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The flower is off higher education in Vermont, too!
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He very well may be innocent; however, he's a cause celebre in controlled-opposition left-wing circles and I thus dismiss him.
NEXT DAY UPDATE: Release of terminally ill prisoners is compassionate — and logical
And more importantly, it will save tax loot that can then be shoveled to the $ame old intere$ts and well-connected concerns.
