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Sirens & Gavels archive for Jan. 1, 2011

SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 2011

 In this Sept. 15, 2010 photograph taken during a march in Jackson, Miss., supporters of Gladys and Jamie Scott call for the release of the two sisters who are serving life sentences for a robbery that netted $11. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 suspended the life sentences, but one sister's release is contingent on her giving a kidney to the other. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) (Rogelio Solis /  (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File))

Kidney-for-parole raises ethical debate

By HOLBROOK MOHR JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A debate is unfolding over an unusual offer from Mississippi's governor: He will free two sisters imprisoned for an armed robbery that netted $11, but one woman's release requires her to donate her kidney to the other. The…

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