Perspective: Scott Sisters Case Proves We Should Assess Our Entire Criminal Justice System |
Roland S. Martin Blog:
"Gladys and Jamie Scott are home this weekend with their mother in Florida after spending more than a dozen years in a Mississippi prison. They were sentenced to life sentences as a result of a robbery that netted, according to authorities, $11. That’s right. Life in prison. Eleven dollars. They were only released because Mississippi governor Haley Barbour decided that, as a result of the grave condition of one of them, that it made no sense whatsoever for the State of Mississippi to spend thousands of dollars caring for them when, frankly, they could be free. But he granted a conditional release, requiring one of the sisters to give her kidney to the other, who is gravely ill...."
From Ronald S Martin's Blog: http://www.rolandsmartin.com/blog/
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