COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on prisoners are not a basis for interfering with a sentence imposed prior to the pandemic restrictions coming into force. A post-sentence assault on a prisoner who provided assistance to authorities does not of itself warrant interference with the sentence where the sentencing judge sentenced on the basis that revenge attacks were a possibility and allowed a discount accordingly. The law regarding post-sentence assaults on informant prisoners and whether the expected level of protection was provided remains undeveloped.
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