Less than a day before child killer Ronald Phillips was set to die by lethal injection, Republican Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday postponed the execution so that medical experts can look into Phillips' suitability as an organ donor. Phillips, 40, wants to give his mother a kidney before he is put to death and donate his heart to his sister
Death Row Inmate’s Wish To Donate Organs To His Family Raises Ethical Questions
It’s not unheard of for a death row inmate to become an organ donor, but some don’t want child killers, like Ohio inmate Ronald Phillips, to be deemed in any way “heroic.”
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