Two Mississippi sisters spent 16 years in prison over an $11 armed robbery will be released under one condition: One must donate a kidney to the other. Govenor Haley Barbour, who suspended their sentences, says that Gladys Scott must donate a kidney to her sister, Jamie. Each of the Scott sisters got two life sentences after they were convicted by a jury of robbing two people near the town of Forest. Although they would be eligible for parole in 2014, the Department of Corrections "believes the sisters no longer pose a threat to society".
In my opinion, this release of the sisters is fair because they didn't deserve such a long sentence. I believe the government system in the south is biasis and there is still lots of hatred towards even though segregation is over. On the other hand, someone might believe that they shouldn't be released because they shouldn't have stolen.
Do you think this is fair ?
If you were the governor what would you have done?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvdT3nFc5bA
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/12/30/ms.kidney.criminal.sisters.wlbt
From what I gathered from this case, I do feel that it is fair these two wemon are being released from prison. Not just because of race but because of the situation. Since the crime was not that outstanding I believe the sisters have sereved enough time to be released.
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