‘Pill Mill’ Doctor Among First Released Under Law for Dying Prisoners
March 18, 2019
(Houston Chronicle) – But on Thursday, Evans got out roughly two years earlier than expected. He became one of the first prisoners to benefit from a compassionate release provision of the federal First Step Act, shepherded through Congress late last year by Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn. To Evans’ legal team, his release represents an early victory for the new law, but to advocates and policy wonks it’s a small step for a new measure that’s already running into unexpected roadblocks.