Judge: Age, Fear Of COVID-19 Not Reason Enough To Let Sex Offender Out Of Prison

Mealey's (June 10, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT) -- FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota federal judge on June 9 denied a request for a compassionate release from a 68-year-old tribal member serving a 20-year prison sentence for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl after finding that the prisoner’s health problems and fear of being exposed to the novel coronavirus do not entitle him to get out of prison early (United States v. Kenneth McCloud, No. 2:08-cr-00022, D. N.D., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100494)....