https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/fatal-vision-killer-jeffrey-macdonald-wants-compassionate-release/


After exhausting all his appeals, he applied for compassionate release in November of 2020 on the grounds that he could suffer severe illness or death as a result of contracting COVID-19. Earlier that same year, he had waived his right to two parole hearings, according to court papers.

“Dr. MacDonald’s underlying medical conditions … constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for a prison reduction,” wrote his lawyer Hart Miles in the motion.

On Jan. 11, MacDonald tested positive for the virus without experiencing any symptoms and called the results a false positive.

On March 3, he refused the Moderna vaccine — although he suffers from chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure and a history of skin cancer, prosecutors said.

“To the extent that any risk remains, he has voluntarily assumed it by rejecting the risk-mitigating measures offered to him,” wrote Harris. “He cannot reasonably expect that prolonging his risk by declining vaccination will be rewarded with a sentence reduction.”

This is an  old article but I had someone ask recently if he were still alive!