Brooklyn inmate gets reduced sentence after MDC botches cancer treatment

A federal judge gave an inmate at MDC Brooklyn a reduced sentence in a firebombing after jail staff ignored his lung cancer diagnosis for months — but it’s uncertain he’ll live to serve all seven years. Terrence Wise’s medical mistreatment at the notorious federal lockup reduced his chance of surviving past five years to about 41%, though that number rises slightly if he gets a year of immunotherapy treatment, according to an expert who reviewed his case for his lawyers. If the medical staff at MDC hadn’t botched his treatment...