Kidney donation is sister's key out of prison

Friday, December 31, 2010 - 01:40 in Psychology & Sociology

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has suspended Jamie and Gladys Scott's life sentences for robbery, but the fact that Gladys' release rides on her donating a kidney to her sister is stirring an ethical and legal debate.Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's decision to free two imprisoned sisters if one donates a kidney to the other has triggered a legal and ethical debate.

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