sovay: (Psholtii: in a bad mood)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2007-03-26 02:29 pm

Rub it better till it bleeds

I'm sure everyone else heard about this weeks ago, but I am behind the times:

Inmates in South Carolina could soon find that a kidney is worth 180 days.

Lawmakers are considering legislation that would let prisoners donate organs or bone marrow in exchange for time off their sentences.

A state Senate panel on Thursday endorsed creating an organ-and-tissue donation program for inmates. But legislators postponed debate on a measure to reduce the sentences of participating prisoners, citing concern that federal law may not allow it.

"I think it's imperative that we go all out and see what we can do," said the bills' chief sponsor, Democratic Sen. Ralph Anderson. "I would like to see us get enough donors that people are no longer dying."


Paging Mr. Niven . . .

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2007-03-26 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Paging Mr. Niven

Or Messrs Pohl and Kornbluth, who got in first with 'The Reefs of Space'.

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2007-03-27 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Believe so, yes.