Parole in Exchange for a Body Part

That is the ghoulish deal that is taking shape in the state of Mississippi, which will let a woman out of prison if she agrees to donate a kidney.

I see no merciful act here on the part of Gov. Barbour. If the sentences for the crime were excessive, then the two sisters should have their sentences commuted. Requiring one sister to give a kidney to the other so that the state of Mississippi can avoid the cost of long-term dialysis is barbaric at best.