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Condemned Ohio Child Killer Wants to Donate Organs
ABC News ^ | November 11, 2013 | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

Posted on 11/11/2013 7:50:45 PM PST by nickcarraway

A condemned child killer who has abandoned his remaining appeals asked Monday for the chance to donate his organs to his ailing mother and sister either before or after his execution this week.

The request by Ronald Phillips to donate a kidney and his heart is not a delay tactic, but rather an attempt to make a final gesture for good, according to his public defender.

"It is our sincere hope that the state of Ohio will do the right thing to ensure that as many people as possible will benefit from the gift of life that Ron is so generously willing to bestow as his own life approaches its end," attorney Lisa Lagos said in an interview.

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To: null and void
How long will that last?

They'd have to act quickly.

21 posted on 11/11/2013 9:12:52 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ("The government" is nothing but a RAT jobs program)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

They would, and blame the TEA party.


22 posted on 11/11/2013 9:15:33 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: terycarl

It’s partially true.

There have been some mistakes.


23 posted on 11/11/2013 9:15:35 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: terycarl

I’m just kidding tery....Or is it carl?


24 posted on 11/11/2013 9:17:09 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: nickcarraway

Wasn’t this the theme of a horror movie where the recipient of a heart from a murderer began to murder people.


25 posted on 11/11/2013 9:32:14 PM PST by Truth is a Weapon (Truth, it hurts so good.)
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To: null and void

Agree N&V.
Has to be a very clear no!


26 posted on 11/11/2013 9:40:42 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: nickcarraway
...for the chance to donate his organs to his ailing mother and sister either before or after, his execution this week.

Who writes like this?! I mean seriously?!

27 posted on 11/11/2013 9:44:22 PM PST by ASouthernGrl (BHO sucks - literally or metaphorically, you decide.)
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To: nickcarraway

He doesn’t have to be dead to donate a kidney.


28 posted on 11/11/2013 10:01:56 PM PST by informavoracious (Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
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To: slouper

>> On the fence. Help me out people

It wasn’t something like manslaughter.

- - - -

Incinerate every fiber of his being.


29 posted on 11/11/2013 11:12:41 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: nickcarraway

Could be dangerous; a guy I know got a kidney transplant from a circus clown who passed away.

He went right out and bought a Mini-Cooper.


30 posted on 11/12/2013 2:26:46 AM PST by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: null and void
our Constitution

Who said anything about the federal level?

31 posted on 11/12/2013 5:57:28 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ("The government" is nothing but a RAT jobs program)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Ah. I see. The people who run towns are qualitatively different than the people who run countries.

Did you know that the BTK killer worked in building code enforcement? There was a big gap in his career of Binding, Torturing and Killing, because he got so much pleasure tormenting people administratively he felt no need to actually kidnap and murder young women.

That is the sort of person who will seek out positions in the organ harvesting food chain.

And you are OK with creating those positions? Why?


32 posted on 11/12/2013 7:45:36 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: null and void

Oh, that would never happen. We are a nation of Laws! It’s not like a _Resident can just sign things into LAW with Executive Orders!

*SMIRK*

An excellent novel on the subject is, ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Ishiguro something...He wrote ‘The Remains of the Day’ and a few others. It’s about cloning and organ harvesting for the Elites. Chilling!


33 posted on 11/12/2013 7:58:12 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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34 posted on 11/12/2013 9:27:09 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: terycarl

Information did not come by the tabloids.

Once you are dead your organs are no longer useful.

It all depends on what your definition of ‘dead’ is.

I know what mine is.


35 posted on 11/12/2013 10:30:29 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: null and void
No, the Constitution applies to the federal government.

And, the powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people.

That is the sort of person who will seek out positions in the organ harvesting food chain.

Actually that is the sort of person who would be "harvested".

The first qualification was that they need to be on death row.

36 posted on 11/12/2013 11:37:53 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ("The government" is nothing but a RAT jobs program)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Making organ... well, I’d say donation but if it is mandatory it really isn’t, automatic instead of voluntary could create a dangerous perverse incentive.


37 posted on 11/12/2013 12:06:13 PM PST by JerseyanExile
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