Quote Originally Posted by js207 View Post
The period of time had considerable legal importance, though: the law which allowed his release permits "the release from prison of anyone deemed by competent medical authority to have three months or less to live". At the very least, out-living by a factor of eight suggests that prognosis was unduly pessimistic; I seem to recall hearing at the time that those engineering the release had, to be charitable, "cherry-picked" the reports to support the release.
Ten years ago my father was diagnosed with the same cancer, he was given two years, he lasted less than three months. Cancer has a mind of its own and if you know anyone with the disease you will know what I mean. To estimate death or life either way was is just the roll of the dice.

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