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PA State Prison Inmate, 52, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications, Police Say PA State Prison Inmate, 52, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications, Police Say
PA State Prison Inmate, 52, Dies Of Covid-19 Complications, Police Say A Pennsylvania State Prison inmate died from COVID-19 complications earlier this week, authorities said. Joseph Patrick Monaghan, a 52-year-old inmate at the PA State Correctional Institute in Chester, was pronounced dead at Crozer Medical Center shortly before 1:15 a.m. on May 8, state police said in a release. Monaghan’s official manner of death is pending, police said.

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by Valerie Musson
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PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer
PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer A Dauphin County judge denied a compassionate release for an inmate dying of inoperable Stage 4 colon cancer who is serving a life sentence for murder, says PennLive. Earl Box, 74 is serving a life sentence for killing a Steelton man during a robbery in 1974, and had requested to be moved to his daughter’s Berks County home for hospice care. A state prison doctor estimated that Box has less than six months to live. Lifers getting released in Pennsylvania is unusual but not unheard of. For example, Joe Ligon, 83 of Philadelphia made national headlines in March when he released as a ju…

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by Jillian Pikora