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Judge shames 72 year old cancer patient for overgrown yard

The 72-year-old's chemo treatments leave him too weak to go out and clear overgrown plants, his son says.

The 72-year-old’s chemo treatments leave him too weak to go out and clear overgrown plants, his son says.

Summary

  • HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WDIV) - A Michigan judge is being criticized after she berated a 72-year-old cancer patient for not cleaning up his lawn.
  • “You should be ashamed of yourself.”Defendant Burhan Chowdhury, 72, is a cancer patient who is undergoing chemotherapy.
  • His son says his treatments leave the man too weak to go out and clear overgrown plants.
  • He explained that his father is a cancer patient who is undergoing chemotherapy, and that leaves him too weak to go out and clear overgrown plants.
  • (Source: Family photos, WDIV via CNN)Shibbir Chowdhury calls the judge’s comment “very rude.”“Telling a cancer patient that he should go to jail,” he said.