Death Row Liver Plea Turned Down

[Ninja Turtles]

Death Row Liver Plea Turned Down

A US death row inmate who hoped to donate part of his liver to his sister has had his request for a last minute stay of execution turned down.

Gregory Scott Johnson, 40, is due to die by lethal injection on Wednesday.

He asked for clemency, or at least a delay, so that doctors could assess his suitability as a donor for his seriously ill sister, Debra Otis.

So should they test for suitability, or just go on with the execution? Even better question, should inmates get a stay on their execution if they wish to be organ donors?

 

[podriscoll]

Oh my God that is terrable! why should the family member be condemed to die as well. The test could be done in a day or two and he could be give the LI after the transplant

 

[seebs]

Man, that's just crazy.

Of course, I think part of the trouble is that I think death by LI would make the liver potentially dangerous! So they'd have to do something else...

 

[JustJack!]

Beaurocracy and stupidity at it's finest.

 

[JamesBell]

This was a ruling that made me sick. The man is going to die, so let's make sure he can't do something good before he dies for the wrongs he did. Makes no sense at all. It seems to boil down to a silly law that you cannot execute a sick person, meaning the taxpayers would have to pay to nurse the man back to health, and then execute him. I don't know why they couldn't just let him die on the table. Or, even better, why not execute him in a way that would allow him to be an organ donor. I am sure he would allow them to hang him, shoot him, or use any number of older techniques that would allow his organs to be used. In fact, shouldn't ALL inmates on death row be encouraged to donate their organs so that others can live? I would think that this should be a common practice!

 

[Redneck]

Beaurocracy and stupidity at it's finest.

Of course. It's called "government."

 

[Lokisdottir]

But Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said experts believed that Johnson was not "a medically appropriate donor".

Those death row livers are eeeeeeeevil. Next thing you know, his sister will be kicking puppies and eating babies.

 

[Blackmarch]

Death Row Liver Plea Turned Down

So should they test for suitability, or just go on with the execution? Even better question, should inmates get a stay on their execution if they wish to be organ donors?
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Did his sister ask for his liver?

And it seems to state that the sister would do better off going the conventional route to get a liver.

So from appearences one would say go through with the execution. If Inmates are to be donars, then they should get checked for suitability when they enter prison.

 

[Illuminatus]

According to a report I just read, a team of doctors evaluated him, and reported that due to his large body size, and the fact that he has Hep B antibodies in his system, it would be better for his sister to attempt to get a transplant through the regular system.