Compassionate Release
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Federal judge denies compassionate release to prisoner worried about COVID, but who refused vaccine
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A federal judge last week declined to order the early release of an incarcerated man who was concerned about being infected with COVID-19, yet refused to get vaccinated. In an Aug. 14 order, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer rejected the compassionate release request of Armando Rogelio Durete, who is serving a 10-year…