32 posts so far, and not one for "mercy release"
Well, I'm not going to buck this trend. Life means life, and her sentence ends when she dies, in prison.
As to the expense, If it were up to me, I would say save some money by not giving her pain meds, but all the other applicable medical care should be applied.
Kicking her to the curb to "die in the gutter" would likely be more expensive for the people of CA, as she would be taken to a hospital for treatment, and after all, I think a regular hospital with private doctors would charge more for the care than the prison hospital, even figuring in the cost of the guards!
She is being considered for compassionate release, because under the law, they have to consider her, because of how long the doctors have given her to live (6mo). I can see, and even agree with the idea of the compassionate release for someone with 6mo or less to live, if they stole jewelry, or sold weed, or some other lesser crime that killed no one (directly), and were not serving a life sentence in lieu of execution.
And so, she must be considered. Fairly considered. Refused, and allowed to die in prison, completeing her "life" sentence, as ordered by the courts.