A court has released Mutulu Shakur, legendary rapper Tupac Shakur's stepfather from prison.
He was released on parole after spending nearly 37 years in prison.
Though his earlier request for parole in 2016 and in April were denied, it was granted in October.
72-year-old Shakur who was diagnosed with stage-3 multiple myeloma,
a blood cancer which can damage the immune system, bones and kidneys,
will now spend his remaining days with family.
Prior to being released, he was held at a federal medical center in Lexington, Kentucky, due to his health issues.
New York Daily News reported that the U.S Bureau of Prisons
determined that Shakur's health had "significantly deteriorated," and
has rendered him "infirm of mind and body" and "no longer physically
capable of committing any federal, state or local crime."
A statement his family sent out after he was released from prison read;
"Mutulu is now with his family. This victory was secured by the
steadfast support of his legal team, his family and his community
comprised of all of you. … We ask that everyone respect Dr. Shakur's
privacy while he spends the holidays with his family and concentrates on
his health and healing."
Shakur was arrested in 1986 and convicted in 1988 for leading a
rogue group of self-proclaimed revolutionaries through a series of
robberies in New York and Connecticut, which resulted in the deaths of
an armed guard and two officers. He was also previously listed on the
FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
After his parole request was granted, he was ordered not to have
contact with any of the family members of those who died from the
robberies or his sister Assata Shakur, who is a fugitive from the law,
according to the New York Daily News.
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