A man who asked for a “compassionate release” more than two decades after he was charged with robbing two gas stations will not have his prison sentence vacated or reduced despite claiming his health has progressively declined, a state appeals panel ruled Thursday.Even though James E. Harris was sentenced in 1997 to 50 years in prison on two felony armed robbery charges, he did not ask the judge to reconsider his sentence until nearly a decade later.Harris claimed the delay was caused by his defense attorney …