Great work from the president on his way out : Snoop Dogg praises Trump s pardon of his pal Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harry O Harris after the rapper secretly campaigned for his release
Cocaine kingpin Michael Harry O Harris will leave Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution a free man on Tuesday after being pardoned by Donald Trump
Snoop Dogg was instrumental in convincing the president to pardon Harris, enlisting Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and justice reform campaigners
The rapper learned of the president s pardon of the 59-year-old while on a Sunday Zoom call with reform advocates Alice Johnson and Weldon Angelos
Death Row Records co-founder Michael Harry-O Harris has been freed by President Trump and will walk out of prison today after 32 years behind bars for kidnap and attempted murder after intense lobbying by his friend Snoop Dogg
Cocaine kingpin Michael Harry O Harris will leave Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution a free man on Tuesday after being pardoned by Donald Trump
Snoop Dogg was instrumental in convincing the president to pardon Harris, enlisting Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and justice reform campaigners
Harris was convicted of attempted murder and kidnapping 1988
He has since reinvented himself as an activist while inside, campaigning for prison reform
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By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
December 18, 2020
| 6:17 p.m.
A Lompoc federal prison inmate who contracted COVID-19 last spring has died, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Christopher Carey, an inmate at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution, had tested positive in May and was placed in medical isolation, BOP representatives said in a news release Friday.
Prison staff provided treatment and monitored his condition until deeming him recovered May 20 following an isolation period and presenting no symptoms, per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
On Aug. 20, Carey was transported from the prison to a local hospital due to progressive paralysis requiring bedside care.