In Pearl, Mississippi two sisters were released from prison. Jamie and Gladys Scott were in prison on the charge of armed robbery. They had been in prison for 16 years and Jamie Scott was on a dialysis machine for her kidneys. Officials say that her being on the machine costs the state around $200,000 a year. The condition they be released is that Gladys Scott will donate a kidney to Jamie therefore eliminating the need for the dialysis machine. The sisters have decided to move to the Florida Panhandle because their mother and grown children live there. The condition is that Gladys must donate the kidney within a year. They were in prison because of an armed robbery taking something between $11-$200. They had life sentences but they have been suspended on the condition of the kidney donation.
First of all, I don't believe that the sisters should even have life sentences because of this crime. Yes they did get charged for armed robbery but they did not kill anyone and they only stole $11 to $200. That is not very much stolen to earn a life sentence. Although I also don't think that they should get out of prison just because the state has to pay for dialysis. Maybe they could have just gotten a reduced sentence on the condition of the kidney donation. Is it really fair to the other inmates that have committed petty crimes and don't have the same opportunity of kidney failure to get out of prison early. I don't think it is setting a good example. Although the state may have sentenced them a little harshly I still don't believe that kidney failure but getting a replacement is a good enough reason to get out of jail.
Link to article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40963267/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Date: 1/07/11
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