Criminal
Apr. 29, 2021
Despite vaccine, judge frees ex-lawyer on virus fears
“Uncertainty still surrounds the degree and duration of protection vaccines provide against the virus or its mutations,” U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston rules in San Francisco.
Citing the threat of the pandemic, a federal judge on Wednesday granted a convicted ex-real estate lawyer's request for compassionate release from prison, despite federal prosecutors arguing he was set to receive a second vaccine shot soon and was too dangerous to rejoin society.
In a seven-page order, U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston of the Northern District of ...
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