State Rejects Transplant for Death Row Inmate
From Times Wire Reports
The state has denied a kidney transplant to a death row inmate in the hopes of ending a statewide debate about how best to keep him alive until he is executed, officials said.
Horacio Reyes-Camarena, a convicted killer, set off a furious debate by telling reporters he qualified for the transplant.
Citizens angry about deep budget cuts, weighed in on whether a man sentenced to die should be allowed the $100,000 surgery or the chance to take a donated kidney to his execution.
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