I'm very confused.

One paper said he served a 15 year sentence and now works at a supermarket near the halfway house he's living in.

The second paper said he was finally released in 2005.

Additionally, it was stated that Mr. Barclay's life played out almost exactly as his surgeon had predicted so many years earlier: By his 60s he was bed-bound, unable to care for himself, infection ravaging a body too weak to fight. Barclay died at age 64.

I guess what I'm thinking is that if it was predicted that his life would play out like it indeed did...wouldn't this have been taken consideration when determining the sentence?

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