Two sisters whose life sentences were suspended on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other were released from a Mississippi prison on Friday after serving 16 years for an armed robbery. The idea to donate the kidney was Gladys Scott's, the sister who is not in need of a kidney, and she volunteered to do it in her petition for early release. The Scotts were convicted in 1994 of an armed robbery in central Mississippi the year before. The robbery didn't amount to much; amounts were reported to have ranged from $11 to $200.
I think that it is rediculous how long the women were in jail for a robbery. They only stole up to $200 and they go to jail for almost 16 years? Something is wrong with our justice system if two women go to jail for 16 years for robbery, and some guy who is a rapist is able to post bail or get out of jail in 6 months or less. In fact, it is worse for people who have to pay for all of the housing these women were jailed for. Why should the public be forced to pay for this woman's dialysis. If she had been released from prison, the government would not have been forced to cover her medical costs and she would have had to fight her own battles.
http://bltwy.msnbc.msn.com/politics/kidney-swap-sisters-released-from-jail-1671124.story
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