Federal prisoner Chris Epps asked a federal court to grant him compassionate release. Epps is the former Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Epps took kickbacks and bribes while Commissioner. He is serving a 19-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2017 to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Epps cited the risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus even though he has already had the virus as a reason why he should go home.
Epps submitted his motion for compassionate release on May 28. He suffers from hyperlipidermia, hypertension, unspecified glaucoma, enlarged prostate, and gout. He states such maladies place him at higher risk for contracting Covid-19. However, the motion also states:
Most importantly, concerning this motion, Mr. Epps has suffered from a confirmed case of COVID-19.He claims incarceration places him at a higher risk of exposure to the virus. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate.
38 comments:
Who cares?
Well, cry me a fucking river!!
It makes sense. When he was commissioner a Motion like this and a few thousand bucks in the right hands...and those doors gonna swing wide open. Too bad he ain't still commissioner, he could bribe himself.
He is home
Swing low .... Sweet chariot ....
If he gets released, I’m going to start taking bribes ams cite his short term if I get caught.
Let him out. Make him pay his restitution and send him home. Have him serve the remaining of his sentence on house arrest.
Using a prison cell for him while dangerous and violent criminals walk the streets. Insane.
Relax. He’ll finish his sentence before Wingate ever looks at this.
He should have thought about that beforehand.
That poor attorney is named Princess Abby. That's the real crime.
2:30 Awesome!
He's healthier than most Mississippians his age. In addition to having all the medical conditions he listed, they also have diabetes.
sounds like old age. deal with it dude
Hey 2:30 mouth breather--she's a Federal PD, mock her name as I am sure they did "Bubba" when you were younger. The question is, why is Epps entitled to a FPD for this type of Motion??
Put another set of "Bars" in his prison cell dividing the cell into 2 unequal parts and then give him the option of "which side of the bars do you want to live on?".
Compassionate? Tell that to the tax payers - he can rot there for all I care
Unspecified Glaucoma? Either he has it or he doesn't.
Let him appeal to the ghost of Don Cabana. Let him sit there so long he forgets where he buried the money.
I knew Chris back in the day and served with him in the National Guard. He was a good man and a fine soldier. I would be glad if more like him served.
He committed a crime and I don't take that lightly. But to see him in prison for greed seems excessive when we have murderers and rapists walking the streets every day isn't right.
I'd rather send him home and make him pick up trash every day than to take up space in prison.
And this lil' piggy cried :
" Wee ! Wee ! Wee ! " ... all the way back home.
There is corruption and ineptitude in MS prisons now. Epps is there as an inmate to be punished and to set an example for MS prison administration. As well, it's important to other prisoners that incarceration is equally applied under the law.
After the US Marshalls confiscated the Land Rover, Mercedes and whatever else was in the driveway, his wife went out and bought a new Mercedes just to give the feds the finger.
F__k him and his problems.
Earlier poster is right. Epps will be dead before Wingate ever rules on the petition.
I knew Chris back in the day and served with him in the National Guard. He was a good man and a fine soldier. I would be glad if more like him served.
He committed a crime and I don't take that lightly. But to see him in prison for greed seems excessive when we have murderers and rapists walking the streets every day isn't right.
HE COMMITTED A CRIME?
Which crime was that Spanky?
Epps was a walking talking crime spree for many years, using his position and influence to hose the taxpayers and shareholders for millions to keep himself and his fellow criminals riding the gravy train.
Look at all the indictments and guilty pleas from Epps and his associated thieves.
Then tell us what you think Epps singular crime was.
Whether or not lots of other violent criminals should be locked up has not much to do with whether Epps should be locked up for his crimes.
...while a double handful of current and past legislators walked free after being all twisted up in this scandal.
take a look at the bar number for his lawyer at the end of the motion. she has been practicing all of 30 seconds.
I noted the comments about Epps having good qualities.
Someone can have good qualities and at the same time be responsible for the biggest correctional fraud scheme in Mississippi history.
The former does not mean they deserve release.
Tell him to bribe someone
@12:39 am
His crime was money laundering and filing false tax returns. He is scheduled for release in 2033. 18 years seems a bit harsh.
Let him work in the prison ministry project for fifteen years, then let's talk.
Where is he anyway? There's got to be a target on his back. And front. And top of head.
His crime was money laundering and filing false tax returns. He is scheduled for release in 2033.
English language failure tends to minimize the criminal's crimes.
Here's a little Grammarly type help for Spanky: If it was one crime it would be "His crime was", if it was two or more crimes it would be "His crimes were".
LFMTFY: His crimes were money laundering and filing false tax returns.
Harshness of the sentence and the length of time deservedly served are in the eye of the beholder.
@11:35 am
I have been appropriately schooled on my poor grammer. I assumed you speak Mississippi as your first language. I'll escort myself to the time-out corner.
He and Espy could hang out, maybe do some stuff.
“He is home”
Pure comedy.
I'm Chris Epps' youngest sister. Yes, he made some stupid decisions that cost the state millions of dollars, but unlike others in recent news he did not steal federal money reserved to help those in need. Bribes are bad, but taking food from babies' and disabled Mississippians' mouths is worse if we want to be judgemental. What's even worst is being on bail for murder and shooting an innocent 6 yo little boy in the face.
Hate him or love him, but Chris did more good than bad in his position as Commisioner. He walked into a mess and did better than most. He helped as many prisoners and their families that the law allowed. Bottom line, let's be real, if Chris had been white, he would not received his sentence. And don't start telling me Wingate is black. Please don't. Just don't. The end. Anyone who knows Mississippi politics knows this did and still does stetch far greater then Wingate.
To address your comments:
1. He needs eye surgery for his glacoma, as well as for other issues he is having.
2. After all the items were forfeited, all new items were purchased with "clean" money. Trust me, the forensic accountants scutinized everything.
3. All Federal prisoners have the right to ask a FPD to work on their behalf for a compassionate release. Google it.
4. To those "good" Christian folk on here who spewed so much hate about him, rest assured he spent 3 weeks in ICU with COVUD pneumonia and still suffers from the effects of it daily. If you have been blessed enough to never see someone air hungry, trust me, as a former critical care RN who returned to take care of COVID patients, consider yourself blessed. It is not a sight or sound that is easily forgotten.
5. Finally, my brother committed a terrible crime that almost killed my parents and tore our family a part. However, if you think he is the most corrupt man in our great state, I have a herd of unicorns grazing in my backyard to sell to you for a great price. He needs to pay his debt to society, he doesn't deserve a death sentence though.
'Baby Sis' ..."Bottom line, let's be real, if Chris had been white, he would not received his sentence. And don't start telling me Wingate is black."
Okay, then just image if the JUDGE had been white?
What a POS. Wonder how many of his inmates received compassionate release while he was the commissioner.
You have already proven you are a thief. You are now proving that you think you are better than everyone else. Stop whining.
Baby Sis- You have my sympathy. It is clear you love and stand by your brother.
Your brother does not! Comparing his crime to others may make you feel better about what he did but a crime is a crime. He, of all people, should have known better. And bribery does in fact take food, money and necessities from others. The companies he was doing business with were being forced to pay to do business with the state of MS. That means they passed that cost on to the taxpayers. So yes, people did get screwed out of money they could use to feed themselves or their children.
And please, please, stop with the white vs. black thing. Your brother is a criminal. He held thousands of other criminals accountable for their crimes. Many who also had eye issues or hypertension.
Let him serve his time. And should anyone else, white or black, do the same, I hope they serve theirs too.
One of the sad parts of all of this is he is serving his time in a federal prison. It’s still prison but much nicer than the state facilities we have here. I met with him and asked him to run the air in the three state facilities because it gets so hot here and there are heat related deaths every year. Now I am hot asking to run it on 68 but 75, 78. Something to keep the air moving with all those people in there. He refused. I think he should have to spend a week in one of “his” Mississippi prisons!!!
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