More on this in case anyone was interested: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/ethics/the-ethics-of-organ-donation-from-condemned-prisoners/ https://opt

More on this in case anyone was interested: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/ethics/the-ethics-of-organ-donation-from-condemned-prisoners/ https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/ethics/the-ethics... > prisoners be given the option of donating organs upon their death > another suggests that condemned prisoners be offered the option of trading a kidney or their bone marrow in exchange for a commuted sentence of life in prison without parole > Application of the death penalty is spasmodic and seemingly discriminatorily applied, which would suggest that these types of proposals would be coercive to particular classes of individuals--minorities and the poor. There are so many things that would be sensible policy (i.e. using organs of dead people) were it not for the surrounding hazards they create: incentive to give death penalties, wealthy people abusing, greater chance of weak defenses, etc. If we could solve the slippery slope problem, so may things would be possible.