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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by woooooo on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @03:38PM (#40359252)
It's confirmed that, if you're executed by the state for treason there, you become an organ donor as part of that deal. Waste not and all that.

The speculative part is where people start making organs the main point of the whole thing, it has a great ick factor if you're doing nationalist flamewars.

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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by more_corn on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:01PM (#40359515)
“Deal” implies consent. But it’s also a dangerous financial incentive. Oh innocent? Humm, I can make 10k from his organs if that evidence gets lost.
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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by woooooo on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:19PM (#40359687)
Of course nobody consents to being executed.

There are numbers on how many people get executed there: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_China#...

It seems unlikely that the person making prosecution and judgment decisions is also in a position to personally acquire and sell the person's organs but hey what do I know.

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Re:Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot... by Nasrudith on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @05:42PM (#40360489)
There is no speculation needed - the perverse incentives are a matter of fact. Whether it has happened yet or not is academic. Sure, by some miracle the government resists them for now, but that panglossian optimistic view still leaves it a ticking timebomb.
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