The last time Sean McQuiddy called home from federal prison, it was just before Christmas in 2020, and he had just tested positive for Covid-19.
“If I don’t make it out of here,” his brother recalled him saying, “just know that I love you.”
McQuiddy was from Nashville, Tennessee, and was 23 years into a life sentence for selling crack. The two dozen other defendants in his case had already gotten out, including his younger brother Darrell, who had scored a reduced sentence a few years back.
But due to a technicality, 54-year-old Sean wasn’t so lucky. And when the pandemic hit, he was worried: he was overweight, with high blood pressure,
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