Organs of deceased Alabama inmates removed without family consent
“It’s like a horror movie,” said a son who learned about his father's missing organs after hiring a private pathologist to perform an autopsy on the body.
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“It’s like a horror movie,” said a son who learned about his father's missing organs after hiring a private pathologist to perform an autopsy on the body.
(CNN) — After inmate Jim Kennedy Jr. died last year at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama, his sister-in-law got an unusual call from the funeral home preparing the
(CNN) — After inmate Jim Kennedy Jr. died last year at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama, his sister-in-law got an unusual call from the funeral home preparing the
The state Department of Corrections and the University of Alabama at Birmingham face disturbing allegations from the families of five inmates whose organs were removed and reportedly kept without consent, according to a series of lawsuits.
For scientists who perform medical research on the recently deceased, there are few regulatory or ethical guardrails.