Chagra was released from prison for health reasons in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 9, 2003. He was widely believed to have been placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program. However, his sister Patsy stated that he was not in the witness protection program at the time of his death. The story surrounding the assassination of Judge Wood was profiled in an episode of "City Confidential". A fictitious name reference to the Judge John Wood assassination also appeared in an "The FBI Files" episode "Dangerous Company" as the show regularly changed names of real-life people to protect privacy. He was also used in "".