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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Compassionate reconsideration

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit ruled that a Texas court improperly denied an inmate’s motion for compassionate release. She has a malignant brain tumor, and the court did not give the necessary “specific factual reasons for its decision.” The record is insufficient to review the inmate’s claim that she suffers from terminal cancer and has received inadequate care in prison.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Criminal

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