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sadris | 6 years ago

They're not harvesting organs. Criminals who are executed have their organs not go to waste in a coffin.

It's not like they're taking everyone's second kidney.

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chillacy|6 years ago

I think it's problematic because it creates perverse incentives to make more criminals. And there are religious / moral concerns about taking parts of your body after you die without consent.

But I also understand that the biggest objections are the religious / moral ones, and I don't know maybe that doesn't bother people as much in China?

FireBeyond|6 years ago

> I think it's problematic because it creates perverse incentives to make more criminals.

We have this issue all over the US. Private prison contracts often have a "minimum filled cell" clause that causes penalties to the city/county/state if there are too _few_ people incarcerated.