Released Cancer prisioner dies

**placidfemme** · 12th August 2005, 12:37

Prisoner release on compassionate grounds dies

12.08.05 12.10pm

A prisoner diagnosed with terminal cancer has died less than a month after being released on compassionate grounds.

The parole board released Henry Temete Hete Matafeo, 23, on July 20, after accepting submissions from his doctors, family and victim that his condition meant he was no threat to the community.

At the time, the board said Matafeo's faced "nothing better than purgatory on earth before his eventual demise".

Matafeo had been sentenced in Manukau District Court in December to five years' jail for his part in an aggravated robbery during which a service station attendant was viciously beaten.

Matafeo, who had been in a public hospital under 24-hour guard, was released into the care of his family at his mother's Papakura home.

Matafeo died last night.

Well for those of you that thought it was wrong... he's dead now...

*was personally glad he was let home to die with his family*

**scumdog** · 12th August 2005, 12:38

Taxes saved.

**placidfemme** · 12th August 2005, 12:39

Originally Posted by scumdog

Taxes saved.

yeah for a change

**Sniper** · 12th August 2005, 12:40

His problem.

**Lou Girardin** · 12th August 2005, 14:23

Hmmmm. no expressions of condolence for him?

**placidfemme** · 12th August 2005, 14:27

I feel for his family. And I was fully supportive of him being sent home for two reasons

(a) his family deserved to be able to have time with him before he died (My mother died from cancer so I felt their pain and I know how much you want to be with someone you love when they die)
(b) because the tax payers shouldn't have to pay for his medical costs and guards taking him to his treatments and the such...

Honestly I don't even know why he was locked up. But I do feel for his family.

MD · 12th August 2005, 14:31

Well congratulations to the Parole board. This will be their first case of releasing someone who will not re-offend. They must be so proud of themselves finally getting it right after all these years.

**Beemer** · 12th August 2005, 14:34

I feel sorry for anyone who dies of cancer, my father did and it wasn't pleasant to watch. And at least now his family and all his supporters have no comeback - he was released before his death and died with his family so there won't be any compensation requests from the government.

But I still have more sympathy for his victim - having the crap beaten out of you for doing your job is never going to be right. Armed robbery is a pretty serious crime and he deserved to be locked up. At least he didn't get the chance to reoffend!

**James Deuce** · 12th August 2005, 14:38

NO condolences to him or his family. It's just a shame our judicial system chose not to have the balls to let the bastard rot in prison. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. Oh. HAng on this is New Zealand. Do the crime so you can go on benefits for the rest of your life and then pop back in to prison when it gets too hard by beating some other poor wage slave up.

**Str8 Jacket** · 12th August 2005, 14:42

Originally Posted by Jim2

NO condolences to him or his family. It's just a shame our judicial system chose not to have the balls to let the bastard rot in prison. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. Oh. HAng on this is New Zealand. Do the crime so you can go on benefits for the rest of your life and then pop back in to prison when it gets too hard by beating some other poor wage slave up.

Yep im with Jim2 on this one. He did the crime he SHOULD have done the time . . . Yes it's great that his family got to be with him, BUT that does not change the fact that he did what he did.

**oldfart** · 12th August 2005, 14:54

So there is justice in the world.

**Beemer** · 12th August 2005, 15:20

Originally Posted by oldfart

So there is justice in the world.

For once - don't get used to it!

**TonyB** · 12th August 2005, 15:36

So there is some justice after all. I have watched several of the kindest, nicest people you could know die of cancer, and a few more who have survived with complications. This arsehole got what he deserved. It's good to see that there might actually be such a thing as Kharma after all...

As for his poor family- I do feel sorry for them, but isn't this yet another case of the criminals having more rights than the victims? If a person is severly assualted, they and their families must live with the repocussions FOREVER. It's worse still if a murder or violent rape is involved. Is there any escape for them? No. He committed the crime, the victim and their families lives are changed forever. Why should his family get special treatment?

**Badcat** · 12th August 2005, 15:53

yep - rot, you ratfuck bastard.
the press seem to gloss over the fact that he beat a man nearly to death with an iron bar.
looks like:

Karma 1
mindless thug 0

**John** · 12th August 2005, 15:58

Originally Posted by MD

Well congratulations to the Parole board. This will be their first case of releasing someone who will not re-offend. They must be so proud of themselves finally getting it right after all these years.

hahaha

karma is the shizzle