When Do Hawaiʻi’s Dying Inmates Deserve ‘Compassionate Release’?

Retired Honolulu lawyer Bob Merce has worked for years to win the freedom of prison inmates with terminal illnesses so they don’t have to die inside. His success stories include a young woman with a fast-growing brain tumor in prison for drug offenses, who was released to a care home shortly before she died. Another … Continue reading When Do Hawaiʻi’s Dying Inmates Deserve ‘Compassionate Release’?