Ezra Bozeman was on life support when he died Saturday at a hospital in Altoona.
Ezra Bozeman is kissed by his fiancée, Christine Roess, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Altoona, Pa. Bozeman, who had been sentenced to life for a 1975 murder, died on Saturday, June 1, less than two weeks after a judge had ordered him to be released from state prison to a medical facility.
He had been jailed for 49 years before an Allegheny County judge granted his request for compassionate release last month. An aide to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala, whose office had opposed the release, said they had no comment on Bozeman’s death.“He was always, always so optimistic,” Prabhu said Tuesday. “And he was confident that it wasn’t a matter of if he gets out, it was when he gets out.”
Pennsylvania’s compassionate release law covers incarcerated people who are seriously ill and expected to die within a year. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that about 50 people have been granted compassionate release over the past 15 years.
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