Gis a kidney

fedor.2.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70642I20110107

Memo to self, never travel to Mississippi.

Huzzah! Time to steal the thanks from the mobile users

(Reuters) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour freed two sisters on Friday from a state prison where they were serving life sentences for an $11 armed robbery on condition that one donate a kidney to the other.

The sisters, Gladys and Jamie Scott, smiled and waved as they emerged from Central Mississippi Correctional Facility after 16 years in prison.

"Thank you, thank you," they shouted as they were driven in a light blue car past crowds of supporters who had come from as far away as Canada to witness their release in the culmination of a long campaign for their freedom.

Barbour, a Republican who is considering whether to run for U.S. president in 2012, suspended their sentences on condition that Gladys Scott, 36, donate a kidney to her ill sister, Jamie, 38, who requires dialysis.

The sisters were convicted of robbing at gunpoint two men who were driving them to a nightclub in northern Mississippi in 1993. They had no prior criminal record. Each was sentenced to two life terms.

Barbour, chairman of the Republican Governor's Association, said this week one reason for his decision to order their release was that Jamie Scott's kidney dialysis and treatment was a financial burden on the state.

Michael Shapiro, chief of organ transplantation at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, has criticized the decision to impose a condition for the release as unethical and possibly illegal

Life for misleading thread title

bonerm

Wow they don't look anything like I would have imagined. :rolleyes:
http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/inmate-sistersx-wide-community-e1294427070852.jpg?w=450&h=345

prinz

fedor.2. wrote: »

Memo to self, never travel to Mississippi.

Or you could and just not pull a gun on somebody.

AnonoBoy

fedor.2. wrote: »

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70642I20110107

Memo to self, never travel to Mississippi.

Life for armed robbery surely?

The fact that they robbed people who only had 11 dollars just means they were sh*t at doing it.

fedor.2.

prinz wrote: »

Or you could and just not pull a gun on somebody.

But thats one of my favourite things to do

sbsquarepants

Misleading thread title!
I'm always being told to get a life, i thought this was my big chance for 11 measly dollars.:mad:

MagicMarker

Scum, although 2 life sentences each was a bit harsh!

MagicMarker

MagicMarker wrote: »

Scum, although 2 life sentences each was a bit harsh!

Why? They robbed two men at gunpoint - it doesn't matter how much money they robbed, it's the fact that they did it. If only we had sentences like that over here. Guaranteed they'd only get 3 years and out after one.

Einhard

So in China they harvest the organs of executed prisoners, whereas in America they force prisoners to give up their organs while alive in order to gain release. Feck unethical, that's downright disturbing.

Duggy747

$11 or $10,000, they still drew a gun on these guys which could've easily lead to their deaths.

Life is a bit much though for someone without a previous record.

biko

fedor.2., this is the third thread today with just a link.
Sure, After Hours like to discuss news but don't just surf the net and post links here.

You should have a good reason and also some opinions of your own. And add content of the news in the Original Post.

Don't start any more threads in AH today.

jackiebaron

Deleted User wrote: »

Why? They robbed two men at gunpoint - it doesn't matter how much money they robbed, it's the fact that they did it. If only we had sentences like that over here. Guaranteed they'd only get 3 years and out after one.

A life sentence for armed robbery is cretinous. It's not even a violent crime. You rob someone of a bit of cash and you get a life sentence? Yet the maximum sentence for misdemeanor assault is 1 year. Purely a punishment intended to send a message to the proles that the elite won't tolerate anyone not respecting the sanctity of the rich. Go figure!

fedor.2.

biko wrote: »

fedor.2., this is the third thread today with just a link.
Sure, After Hours like to discuss news but don't just surf the net and post links here.

You should have a good reason and also some opinions of your own. And add content of the news in the Original Post.

Don't start any more threads in AH today.

Thats a bit harsh isnt it, i just figured some of those stories were interesting, my bad. Its not like i do it all the time.