An Aroostook County man confined to a wheelchair and serving a life sentence for marijuana smuggling has renewed a request for compassionate release after recovering from the coronavirus in federal prison. Michael Pelletier, 64, of St. David first asked U.S. District Judge John Woodcock in August to release him so he could live with a brother in Florida because of his heightened risk for the virus. Pelletier was one of more than 90 inmates confined to the federal prison at Terre Haute, Indiana who has tested positive for the virus, according to court documents.