Family of convict Robert Courtney's victims outraged by early release

Robert Courtney to be released from prison Thursday

OUR HOMEPAGE.NEW AT 10--A MAN SENT TO PRISONFOR DILUTING CANCERDRUGS -- IS SET TO WALKFREE TOMORROW.ROBERT COURTNEY ISBEING RELEASED EARLY --DUE TO HIS VULNERABILITYTO GETTING THE COVID-19VIRUS.BUT AS 41 ACTION NEWSANCHOR GABRIELLAPAGAN DISCOVERED --STATE LEADERS ARE NOWTRYING TO KEEP HIMBEHIND BARS.AT THE AGE OF 29JENNIFER STEPHENS -- ABLUE SPRINGS MIDDLESCHOOL TEACHER -- DIEDOF CANCER.Jodi Turner/ Auntdied in 2000"And Robert Courtney was herpharmacist."TURNER AND COUNTLESSOTHERS ARE NOWENRAGED THAT FORMERKANSAS CITY PHARMACISTROBERT COURTNEY WILLBE RELEASEDTOMORROW FROMPRISON.IT'S AN EARLY RELEASEAFTER SERVING 23 OF HIS30 YEAR SENTENCE.Turner"He killed people and it's notOK he shouldn't have gottenoff the way he did he got offlightly and to let him not serveout his full sentence and getoff early seven years it's justridiculous."TURNER SAYS HER AUNTJENNIFER'SCHEMOTHERAPY DRUWAS ONE OF THE DILUTEDBATCHES GIVEN TONEARLY 42-HUNDREDPATIENTS BY COURTNEYOVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD.Turner" he only had 15% of theactual drug in the medicationthat was given to the patientso they weren't given afighting chance and yes wedon't know if she would'vemade it but again he kind ofstacked the odds against herby doing that."Cleave"If I was Mr. Courtney I wouldrequest myself that I not beallowed to leave because ifhad any idea of the responsethat's coming from every partof this community he wouldnot want to walk the streets ofKansas City."LOCAL LEGISLATORS; JOSHHAWLEY, ROY BLUNT, SAMGRAVES AND EMANUELCLEAVER HAVE SENT ALETTER TO ATTORNEYGENERAL WILLIAM BARRASKING FOR A RAPIDRESPONSE TO HAVE THEDECISION REVERSED.Cleaver" I don't think people actuallylooked at what RobertCourtney was convicted ofhaving done because therewas no sane or sound reasonfor him to leave prison."Turner"That's a huge mistake ontheir part, huge mistake."IN KC, GP, 41 ACTINEWS.