A Houston man is among the earliest beneficiaries of changes to the “compassionate release” program that took effect with the First Step Act late last year.

This week, Richard Evans, who was 22 months into a five year sentence for a health care fraud conviction, was granted a motion for early release by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt for the Southern District of Texas.

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