You asked "should we have compassion for killers"? And my answer is yes. But to me compassion doesn't equal letting them go. You can still have compassion for them while they serve their time.
I don't see compassion as the reason they should give for releasing him, and I'm not convinced it was. Getting rid of a cancer-ridden prisoner who's fixing to die in a few months probably makes more financial/resources sense than compassion.
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