12-31-2010, 09:55 PM
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Twins released from prision - with just one small contingency
ABC News
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Dec. 30, 2010
Supporters Applaud Plan to Release Scott Sisters in Kidney Deal
Gladys and Jamie Scott Were Given Life Sentences for an Armed Robbery
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Backers have long claimed that the women, who are African-American,
were innocent and their life prison sentences for an armed robbery
-- reportedly for $11 -- were tinged with racism
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Barbour said their release was contingent on Gladys Scott, now 36, donating a kidney to her sister.
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NEXT DAY... Action -> Reaction
ABC News
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
Dec. 31, 2010
Scott Sisters Kidney Donation Threatens Organ Transplant Laws
Governor's Deal Violates 50-Year-Old Donation Laws Outlawing Coercion and Rewards;
AND... What If Sisters Aren't a Match?
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As jubilant supporters await the release of Gladys and Jamie Scott, who brokered a bargain
with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour to get early prison release by undergoing an organ transplant,
medical ethicists are crying foul.
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On Thursday, the governor signed an order that suspended the Scott sisters' life sentences
as long as Gladys, 36, who is healthy, donates her kidney to Jamie, 38, who has been on dialysis.
The women have been imprisoned for the past 16 years on charges of masterminding an armed robbery.
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