Arsonist Begs Ohio Court to Release Him From Prison
Compassionate Release Not Available to Convict Only Because he is Fat & Diabetic
ARSON-FOR-PROFIT IS A VIOLENT CRIME OF THE FIRST ORDER
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Of the hundreds of different kinds of insurance fraud the most violent and dangerous is an arson for profit. People, and firefighters, die or are serious injured in the fires. Daryl Evans was caught, tried and convicted of the crimes and is now serving a 183-month sentence for insurance fraud relating to his arson of several Warren, Ohio properties.
Evans moved the USDC in the Northern District of Ohio, pro se, for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). In United States Of America v. Daryl Evans, No. 4:18-cr-00717-1, United States District Court, N.D. Ohio (March 6, 2024) the judge determined Evans was not a candidate for compassion.
Evans argued that his medical conditions, including his untreated diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, sleep apnea, obesity, and age, in combination with his rehabilitation efforts, were extraordinary and compelling reasons justifying early release.
ANALYSIS
Generally speaking, once a court has imposed a sentence it does not have the authority to change or modify that sentence unless such authority is expressly granted by statute. However, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a district court may reduce a defendant's sentence upon a motion from the defendant if the defendant filed the motion thirty or more days after the defendant sent a compassionate release request to their warden.
If a defendant's compassionate release motion meets this exhaustion requirement, the court then considers three factors in deciding whether to grant the compassionate release motion.
The court must decide whether extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant a sentence reduction.
Second, the court must ensure that such a reduction is consistent with applicable policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.
Finally, the court must consider all relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors.
Evans exhausted his administrative remedies but did not show the extraordinary and compelling circumstances needed for relief. Evans cites his hypertension, heart failure, sleep apnea, obesity, and age as extraordinary and compelling. However, the Court noted these medical conditions of Evans existed at his sentencing. Facts that exist at the time of sentencing are not extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release.
Evans' Type 2 diabetes, which the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) diagnosed in October 2022, and which the BOP is capable of treating Evans' diabetes, or other medical conditions. Evans' medical records showed the court that when he was diagnosed, the doctor recommended a life-style modification and to recheck Evans' HA1c at a later date. Evans was given educational materials and assented to his understanding and his condition improved.
Because Evans offered no extraordinary and compelling reasons for compassionate release the Court briefly discussed why, even if Evans had shown extraordinary and compelling circumstances, § 355(a) factors stop early release. While Evan's extensive rehabilitation efforts while incarcerated are commendable, these efforts are insufficient to overcome the severity of his crimes. In fact, Evans ordered three arsons of two properties, which put Warren community members at risk of death or serious injury. In exchange, he received $146,000 in insurance payments (an amount he currently owes in restitution). His petition was refused.
ZALMA OPINION
I have personally investigated several arson fires and advised insurers with regard to many more. Arson-for-Profit is the most vicious and reprehensible variety of insurance fraud. People die in those fires - sometimes the arsonist - including neighbors, tenants, police and firefighters. His sentence was appropriate and its a shame that the USA must pay to feed, house and medically treat Mr. Evans. The punishment is appropriate and he is one of the least likely prisoner in the federal system entitled to compassion.
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