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A pair of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to play Let's Make a Deal with inmates looking to shave some time off their prison sentences.
Springfield State Rep. Carlos Gonzales has filed a bill to let some prisoners donate organs and bone marrow in exchange for time off their sentence. The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Judith A. Garcia of Chelsea and Everett.
The Boston Herald reported the bill would "allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 days reduction in the length of their committed sentence in Department of Corrections facilities, or House of Correction facilities" on the condition the individual has donated bone marrow or at least an organ.
A proposal by a state lawmaker would grant prisoners early release from their court imposed sentences of up to one year if they volunteer to donate their organs or bone marrow.
If made law, the bill would “allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence in Department of Corrections facilities, or House of Correction facilities
originally posted by: v1rtu0s0
This is no different than what China's doing.
Rep. Nathalie Higgins, a Democrat representing Leominster, said.
Higgins is filing a bill to give people the option to be composted and return to the soil when they die. She says she also wants to make sure a special water-based cremation process is available.
They're not illegal here, but they're also not available. "We want to make sure that the Mass. General Law is very clear that natural organic reduction and alkaline hydrolysis are allowable practices," Higgins said.
originally posted by: Jason79
How long before we start framing and railroading innocent people who have taken DNA tests, like Ancestry or 23 and me, because they match a politician or actor?