Judge grants compassionate release to convicted bank robber, calls his time at Oregon’s federal prison ‘excruciating experience’

Federal prison in Sheridan

The judge found James Lee Wood, 53, served significant periods of his sentence in federal prison without access to his psychiatric medication or received medication that made his symptoms worse with no recourse.Jeff Manning | Staff

A judge has granted early release to a 53-year-old man serving a federal prison term for two bank robberies, finding he served significant periods without access to his psychiatric medication or received medication that made his symptoms worse with no recourse.

U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman this week granted James Lee Wood compassionate release, calling his prison term “an excruciating experience.”

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