Michael Jeffries requires round-the-clock care because the 80-year-old has Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia and the “residual effects of a traumatic brain injury,” defense attorneys wrote in a letter filed Thursday in a New York federal court, citing recent evaluations by medical professionals.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers want a federal judge in Central Islip to place Jeffries in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons for up to four months so that he can be hospitalized and receive treatment that might allow his criminal case to proceed.
White male punishments in the US
Young: “oh, he’s so young. We don’t want to ruin his promising life over a little mistake.”
Middle: “where is the evidence? I bet the other person is lying. It’s not that bad. He will get a slap on the wrist if anything.”
Old: “he’s unfit for punishment because he is old and has diseases that primarily affect old people.”
Everyone else
“Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.”