A father of a girl killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was denied a compassionate release.
MCCREARY COUNTY, Ky. - A father of a girl killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting who is also an inmate at a federal prison in Kentucky was denied a compassionate release recently, according to aEliahna Cruz Torres, who was 10, was one of the children killed in the shooting that happened last week at Robb Elementary School.A request for compassionate release for the daughter’s memorial service was reportedly denied.
Rep. Attica Scott sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Gov. Andy Beshear to ask for help with the situation. The letter said the father and daughter were only one week from seeing each other in person before she was killed. Eli Torres was convicted of drug trafficking and conspiracy in Del Rio, Texas. He is scheduled for release in February 2033.
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who has worked with the White House on criminal justice reform, advocated for the release of Eli Torres“I ask the Federal Bureau of Prisons to grant Eli Torres temporary release so that he can say his last goodbye to his baby girl. Every parent deserves that right,” she said.
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