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Age, health, and life sentences...
Scenario: A man is 75 years old. He has just been convicted of murder. He has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. But... he also has terminal cancer and has been legitimately diagnosed with no more than six months to live, and the doctors say that the last three months will probably be bedridden in a hospital.
What do you/we do?
Do we still send him to prison? Do we sentence him to house arrest? Do we let it go?
What do you think?
Scenario: A man is 75 years old. He has just been convicted of murder. He has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. But... he also has terminal cancer and has been legitimately diagnosed with no more than six months to live, and the doctors say that the last three months will probably be bedridden in a hospital.
What do you/we do?
Do we still send him to prison? Do we sentence him to house arrest? Do we let it go?
What do you think?