Inmate serving life for murdering Lancaster County woman in 2015 seeks compassionate release
Inmate serving life for murdering Lancaster County woman in 2015 seeks compassionate release
Fox 43, Lancaster County, PA; by Keith Schweigert; 8/8/25
A state prison inmate serving a life sentence for killing a Lancaster County woman after she ended their relationship in 2015 has filed a petition asking for a compassionate release so that he can die at home, according to court records. Randall Shriner, 68, has less than six months left to live due to stage-five kidney disease, according to an emergency petition filed by his attorney on July 30. ... According to the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, the statute allows courts to grant a compassionate release under two circumstances:
- A judge can grant an inmate compassionate release to a hospital or long-term care nursing facility if the inmate is seriously ill, is expected to live for less than one year and needs medical treatment that can be better provided at an outside facility.
- A judge can grant an inmate compassionate release to a hospice provider if the inmate is terminally ill, no longer able to walk, expected to die in the near future and is in need of medical treatment better provided by an outside facility
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