After 36 years in prison 2Pac’s Stepfather Mutulu Shakur granted freedom, with doctors giving him less than 6 months to live

RAP legend, 2Pac Shakur’s stepfather Mutulu Shakur has reportedly received a compassionate release from prison due to his failing health, Newspremises reports.

The U.S. Parole Commission granted the 72-year-old permission to spend his last days outside of jail on Thursday, November 10, according to a report by the Intercept.

Shakur was recently identified as having bone marrow cancer, and in May, a doctor with the Bureau of Prisons estimated that he had less than six months to live.

Mutulu Shakur will spend his final years in Southern California after serving 36 years in prison.

He was previously denied prison release 10 times, until an October hearing, where the federal parole commission admitted he held an impeccable institutional record and was no longer a risk to society.

“We now find your medical condition renders you so infirm of mind and body that you are no longer physically capable of committing any Federal, State or local crime,” the parole commission said.

The same parole commission denied his release in September, despite being gravely ill with terminal cancer at the time. Medical reports supported his decline in physical function, confusion and hallucinations, but only now is he eligible for freedom.

Shakur was convicted of racketeering conspiracy charges in 1981 for his involvement in the robbery of a Brink’s armored truck, where a guard and two police officers were killed. He took responsibility for his actions and expressed remorse, before later being convicted for helping 2Pac’s activist godmother, Assata Shakur, escape from prison.

Mutulu Shakur was incarcerated under “old law,” a set of federal sentencing guidelines in place for crimes before 1987, meaning his parole decisions have been under the oversight of the U.S. Parole Commission that was intended to be phased out decades ago.

A judge who rejected his request for compassionate release in 2020 told Shakur he could reapply at “the point of approaching death.” That same judge, now aged 90 years, was the same person who sentenced him over 30 years ago.

“We are relieved that the Parole Commission now recognizes what has long been true — that Dr. Shakur’s release poses no risk whatsoever,” said Brad Thomson, Mutulu Shakur’s attorney. “It is tragic that it took until he was on the verge of death for that truth to finally be realized.”

He added: “Mutulu will now be able to live out his final days, surrounded by the love and care of his family and close friends.”

Source: https://newspremises.com.ng/after-36-years-in-prison-2pacs-stepfather-mutulu-shakur-granted-freedom-with-doctors-giving-him-less-than-6-months-to-live/

Lalasticlala
Mynd44
Dominique

na all of dem dey go prison?

RIP

Nigeriafirstlad:
RIP

Olodo

That’s how they treat blacks. He was denied “prison release “ for 10 fuckin times until they see him overboard.

As a black man residing abroad, say No to gun violence. You don’t have to kill a human to show your strength as a black man.

I missed my nigga pac

TINUBUISMAD:

Olodo

He meant in advance.

I was there the day he was arrested, in front of his wife and step kids, in 1981. He was charged for robbery that led to killing of two cops. He was a revolutionary, same is his wife, Afeni Shakur, mother of Lesane Parish (2pac), who was even in prison why carrying pregnancy of Amaru Shakur.

Lesson: You are 99% likely to become who your forefathers are unless you see the need to break the chain.

Taiwo Ibrahim commanded the Asaba Massacre in 1967. 53 years later, in 2020, his son, of the same name (Taiwo Ibrahim) commanded the Lekki Toll gate killings.

TINUBUISMAD:

Olodo

U didn't read that he's now a vegetable....

Emila

PerfectStranger:
That’s how they treat blacks. He was denied “prison release “ for 10 fuckin times until they see him overboard.

As a black man residing abroad, say No to gun violence. You don’t have to kill a human to show your strength as a black man.

He killed 3 people

Oh lord. Crime does not pay!!

May he find rest and succor around his family

Nigeriafirstlad:
RIP

Him never die yet na!


Shuuuuu!

Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique

May God save and do a miracle to his health ijn amen.

donproject2:
I was there the day he was arrested, in front of his wife and step kids, in 1981. He was charged for robbery that led to killing of two cops. He was a revolutionary, same is his wife, Afeni Shakur, mother of Lesane Parish (2pac), who was even in prison why carrying pregnancy of Amaru Shakur.

Lesson: You are 99% likely to become who your forefathers are unless you see the need to break the chain.

Taiwo Ibrahim commanded the Asaba Massacre in 1967. 53 years later, in 2020, his son, of the same name (Taiwo Ibrahim) commanded the Lekki Toll gate killings.

2 last paragraph is fucking deep, that's reality...
I started noticing my father and his father's trait in me, deviating from it is no easy feat...