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      Going by what’s in the article, which, admittedly, isn’t a lot, I think this is more a case of negligence. Anyone who dies in a prison is automatically autopsied. In order for a heart to be a viable transplant organ, the donor must be in a brain-dead state while still receiving life sustaining care. Even a few hours deceased is enough to make a heart non-viable (though apparently this is becoming less true!).

      The much more likely answer, is either the autopsy surgeon or an autopsy tech threw the heart out in standard biohazard waste. Still disgusting, uncaring behavior, but until more evidence comes out, I’d say this isn’t malicious.

      All that said, the Alabama Correctional Prison System is terribly corrupt, so it wouldn’t take a lot to change my mind.

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        The prisoner, Dotson, was “found dead” so who knows how many hours the body was lying there.

        That pretty much precludes any use of the heart for transplant.

        His relatives said they received the body in a decomposed state, but that could have been poor storage by the coroner before or after the autopsy, or the body might have been well hidden inside the prison so it was a long time before someone found it.

        The article isn’t very clear on the condition of the body at each stage of handling.

        What’s in the article is probably all the information that the reporter could get out of the prison authority, the state Department of Forensic Sciences, and the University.

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        What is this??? Logic on social media??? No, let’s assume the craziest worst case scenario first!!!

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          Maybe they thought he was a vampire and had to stab it with a pencil and then forgot to put it back. There, happy?

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      It sounds like the family is claiming it was going to be used for medical research, not transplantation.

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      i mean, at least declare it; “guilty; you shall be used for parts by the highest bidder!”

      its not like we care about rehabilitating any of these people

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    the director of the Alabama Department of Forensice Sciences, Angelo Della Manna, said he hadn’t reviewed Dotson’s particular case file and couldn’t answer any questions about Dotson specifically.

    Which automatically makes me incredibly suspicious of the Alabama Department of Forensic Services. You’re in a court of law, testifying about what your department did, and you can’t even be bothered to look at the file? Yeah, sure.

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      I mean, that’s a hilarious defense.

      “Hey boss they need you in court tomorrow about this specific Dotson case.”

      " Don’t say another word about it, I don’t know shit and I’ll tell em myself."

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        You’ll see it with politicians all the time:

        Reporter: Do you have any comment on [some scandal within your party]?

        Politician: No, I haven’t had time to [read the charge sheet | watch the video | whatever else].

        Like the politician doesn’t have a staff member whose entire job is tracking that stuff and giving the politician summaries of whatever’s going on.

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    As an Alabamian I came here to shit on Alabama. But you guys have already said everything I could say, and said it better. Probably because of my shitty Alabama education. Anyway, it makes me happy that someone is seeing what kind of nonsense goes on here.

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    He was killed for not repaying drug debts. His body was stiffening when they checked him on his own bed. Seems pretty obvious the inmates stole his heart. Probably swept him off his feet, too.

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      Taking what the prison says at face value is naive at best.