A judge denied a 90-year-old inmate's release after he was given less than 18 months to live. He's part of a life-or-death lottery

The assessment was dire: Horacio Estrada-Elias had "less than 18 months" left to live, his prison doctor wrote last year in a document submitted with the 90-year-old inmate's request for compassionate release.

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