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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 04:16 AM
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Former Pa. death row inmate dies (wrongly convicted)
PHILADELPHIA -- A man freed after spending more than five years on Pennsylvania's death row has died of medical problems that he claimed went untreated in prison.

William Nieves, 39, died Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty.

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Nieves suffered from a liver ailment that was not treated in prison and had been hospitalized in recent months, said Jeff Garis, former executive director of the anti-death penalty group.

"This is a guy that got put on death row for something he didn't do. Eventually this injustice was found," Garis said. "Yet he left prison with another kind of a death sentence."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=BRF%20Ex%20Inmate's%20Death
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 08:34 AM
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1. probably hepatitis c
this is an explosive situation in our jails--many are not good candidates for the therapy available (many competing medical conditions contraindicated for the meds) but in reality, it is costly and not offered. Arguably, few uninsured that are not incarcerated are treated either.

Very sad situation for Mr. Nieves and his family.
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