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The Delaware Compassionate Release Manual: Sentence Modification, Medical Parole, and Early Release for Delaware State and Federal Prisons

The Delaware Compassionate Release Manual: Sentence Modification, Medical Parole, and Early Release for Delaware State and Federal Prisons

Hartman, Dave F.

Paperback

Series: The Delaware Criminal Justice Defense

General Law

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ISBN13: 9798186098232
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

What's inside:

  • 44 chapters across 9 parts: understanding compassionate release, Delaware's rewritten state law in full, federal compassionate release law, building the petition, the hearing and decision process, life after release, special circumstances, the full constitutional/criminological/fiscal/human-rights case FOR release, and additional favorable federal case law
  • The full, current text of 11 Del. C. 4217 - the Richard Mouse Smith Compassionate Release Act - including all three eligibility tracks, the statute's own detailed medical definitions, and the biennial review process
  • A clear, side-by-side comparison of the Delaware state system and the federal system, so families never waste time filing in the wrong one
  • Full coverage of Rutherford v. United States (2026), the Supreme Court decision that resolved a circuit split - including the Third Circuit's own earlier decision in United States v. Andrews, presented with BOTH of its holdings: the favorable discretion ruling and the narrower sentence-length ruling
  • A full six-circuit body of favorable case law on judicial discretion - Brooker (2d Cir.), McCoy (4th Cir.), Jones (6th Cir.), Gunn (7th Cir.), Aruda (9th Cir.), and Andrews (3d Cir.) - plus an illustrative real granted case, United States v. Ebbers
  • The constitutional and human rights case for release: the Eighth Amendment's evolving standards of decency, Estelle v. Gamble's deliberate-indifference standard, and the UN Nelson Mandela Rules on prisoner healthcare
  • The criminological case: U.S. Sentencing Commission data showing dramatically lower recidivism for elderly releasees, and the well-documented age-crime curve
  • The fiscal case: sourced data on the true cost of incarcerating aging and seriously ill prisoners (often double or more the cost of a younger, healthier person)
  • The second-look sentencing movement: the American Law Institute's and American Bar Association's own model reform proposals, and what national advocacy organizations (FAMM, The Sentencing Project, ACLU, NACDL) say and offer
  • The complete federal process: the mandatory warden request and exhaustion requirement, the six USSG 1B1.13 categories of extraordinary and compelling reasons, and the 3553(a) sentencing factors
  • An honest disclosure that the federal Elderly Offender Home Detention Pilot Program expired in 2023 and remains expired, with the status of pending congressional fix legislation
  • Step-by-step guidance on medical documentation, rehabilitation evidence, building a release plan, drafting the petition or motion, letters of support, and addressing victim and public safety concerns
  • Coverage of the ongoing 2026 political debate over House Bill 289, presented from both sides, since this remains a live and contested issue
  • A complete forms library (Appendix C) - seven ready-to-use forms including a sentence modification application checklist, a medical documentation request authorization, a release plan worksheet, a letter of support template, a federal warden request letter outline, a reapplication timeline tracker, and a citation bank of favorable authority
  • A verified contact and advocate directory (Appendix D) with current phone numbers and addresses for the Delaware Office of Defense Services, the Delaware Center for Justice, Delaware Hospice, the Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, the Delaware Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance, ACLU of Delaware, Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, FAMM, NACDL's Return to Freedom Project, The Sentencing Project, and more
  • A full glossary and master index so any subject, statute, or case can be found quickly

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