A Mississippi woman must donate her kidney to her sister as a condition for their early release from jail after serving 16 years for an armed robbery that netted 11 dollars.
Jaime and Gladys Scott became symbols of the heavy-handed sentences handed to African Americans and the influential civil rights group NAACP engaged in a long-standing campaign to secure their release.
The two sisters - who insist they were wrongfully convicted - were handed two life sentences for acting as accomplices and were not eligible for parole until 2014. More...
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