From: Nancy Lockhart
Listen to Anthony Papa and Attorney Jaribu Hill - The Scott Sisters
Anthony Papa, author of 15 to Life, discusses Haley Barbour's stipulation that Gladys Scott had to donate a kidney to her sister to earn a commuted sentence for both. (1minute)
Watch the full conversation at GRITtv: Freeing the Scott Sisters: Clemency and Race - http://www.blip.tv/file/4587955
(12 minutes)
The price of freedom from an overly harsh sentence in Mississippi? Apparently, one kidney. That's the promise Mississsippi governor Haley Barbour extracted from Gladys Scott--that she would donate a kidney to her sister Jamie in order for both of them to have their sentences commuted. The sisters had served nearly 17 years in prison for an armed robbery worth $11, and a prolonged grassroots effort finally paid off in achieving their freedom--though it may have more to do with Barbour's attempt at making up for his recent approving comments about the White Citizens' Councils.
Joining us to discuss are Anthony Papa, author of 15 to Life and manager of media relations at the Drug Policy Alliance, and from Mississippi, Jaribu Hill, executive director of the Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights.
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1 comment:
The stipulation of the kidney transplant was not an idea of Haley Barbour, the advocators and the sisters themselves, were the first to say that if released or even in prison, one of the sister will donate a kidney to the other due to the complication of the diabetes. They are out, no matter what the stipulations, move on. Don't try to milk it for what is is worth. They most like did the crime, now you will have to live with it.
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