Organ Transplants from Executed Prisoners: An Argument for the Creation of Death Sentence Organ Removal Statutes
This is a study of the utilitarian proposal for the creation of "death sentence organ removal statutes" that would make legal the harvesting of transplantable organs from the cadavers of executed capital murderers. The book outlines the legal history of the human corpse, examines the current market for transplantable organs and the development of transplanting techniques, presents legal justifications for the imposition of organ harvesting, and even anticipates the constitutional arguments...
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This is a study of the utilitarian proposal for the creation of "death sentence organ removal statutes" that would make legal the harvesting of transplantable organs from the cadavers of executed capital murderers. The book outlines the legal history of the human corpse, examines the current market for transplantable organs and the development of transplanting techniques, presents legal justifications for the imposition of organ harvesting, and even anticipates the constitutional arguments that will be made by capital felons attempting to challenge removal of their organs. Current methods of execution are examined, along with the need to implement a new method of execution that will efficiently allow the harvesting of healthy organs. Also discussed are changes for prosecuting capital murderers, expediting executions, and minimizing ethnic, racial, gender, and economic discrimination as related to death sentences. An appendix provides a model death sentence organ removal statute. Booknews Palmer, an attorney for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals studies the feasibility of statutes that would make legal the harvesting of transplantable organs from the cadavers of executed capital murderers. He examines the legal history of the human corpse, the current market for transplantable organs, the development of transplanting techniques, legal justifications for organ harvesting, current methods of execution, the need for a method of execution that will allow the harvesting of healthy organs, and ways to minimize ethnic racial, gender, and economic discrimination as related to death sentences. He even anticipates the constitutional arguments that will be made by capital felons attempting to challenge the removal of their transplantable organs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Foreword1Introduction31Creation of Rights in a Corpse72The Market for Human Body Parts313Removing Transplantable Organs of Capital Felons414Organ-Removal Statutes and the United States Constitution615The Need for a New Method of Execution876Other Necessary Changes in Capital Punishment Laws1137Practical Considerations131Notes133AppModel Death Sentence Organ Removal Statute151Index153
\ BooknewsPalmer, an attorney for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals studies the feasibility of statutes that would make legal the harvesting of transplantable organs from the cadavers of executed capital murderers. He examines the legal history of the human corpse, the current market for transplantable organs, the development of transplanting techniques, legal justifications for organ harvesting, current methods of execution, the need for a method of execution that will allow the harvesting of healthy organs, and ways to minimize ethnic racial, gender, and economic discrimination as related to death sentences. He even anticipates the constitutional arguments that will be made by capital felons attempting to challenge the removal of their transplantable organs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
