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Officials: Mumia Abu-Jamal to receive hepatitis C drug
Associated Press ^
| Mar 31, 2017 6:11 PM EDT
Posted on 03/31/2017 6:47:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Pennsylvania prison officials say they will soon begin giving expensive new medication to former death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal to treat his hepatitis C infection.
The Department of Corrections told a federal judge Friday that Abu-Jamal will be treated with an antiviral medication that can cost $50,000 to $60,000 per patient. Treatment will start next week.
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: blackpanthers; faulkner; frymumia; hepatitisc; mumiaabujamal; murderer; wesleycook
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:47:01 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:47:54 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:49:56 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: Olog-hai
Too bad...let him die of liver failure. Seems only fair
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:50:20 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: cherry
California pays for sex change operations for lifers and that ain’t cheap.
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:50:28 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
To: Olog-hai
Anti-cop killer medication comes in many calibers and is much cheaper.
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:52:17 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Olog-hai
Restores your faith in the penal system, eh?
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:54:12 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
To: Nifster
I’m a NYC slicker so I dont know the answer
What’s the cost of a bullet that would definitely end his life with one shot?
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:54:48 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
Depends on caliber and where you purchase...but a couple of bucks would be more than enough. 😆
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:56:37 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: dp0622
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:57:00 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: dp0622
Mumia dies from lead poisoning... when he is injected by lethal force, by the honorable people that sees him off to meet his maker... for crimes that he committed against the civilized society.
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:58:13 PM PDT
by
Klemper
To: dp0622
Mumia dies from lead poisoning... when he is injected by lethal force, by the honorable people that sees him off to meet his maker... for crimes that he committed against the civilized society.
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posted on
03/31/2017 6:58:13 PM PDT
by
Klemper
To: Olog-hai
I’m surprised they don’t throw some more money at this Cop Killer and just give him a new kidney.
Maybe some of his adjacent body organs have also deteriorated due to prior disuse, and his body would not be a good candidate for any transplant. Good!
To: Klemper
The white lefties who go to bat for this scum. I for one have other fish ti fry.
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:00:29 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Lurkinanloomin; Nifster
GOOD LORD!!!
We’re spending 60k AT LEAST for something that could be taken care of for a buck?!?!
There’s too many FReepers to count that would do it and go to bed that night without losing a wink’s sleep!
I’d have to use a bat. With such little gun experience i might miss :)
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:01:19 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:04:48 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%fe)
To: dp0622
Meanwhile a homeless veteran sleeps under a bridge with no medication, food or blanket.
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:04:51 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: dp0622
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:06:21 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: dp0622
I object to this waste of scare resources to give this idiot a few more years...
btw, you can live with Hep C for a long time....it doesn't necessarily mean a death sentence...
I also object to the way we allocate health care money in this country....
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:07:03 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: Olog-hai; All
How did he get hep C? before prison?
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posted on
03/31/2017 7:07:05 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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