Death Row Inmate Denied Request To Donate Organs To Ailing Mom, Sister

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is moving forward with preparations for the execution of a condemned child killer after denying the man’s last-minute request to donate organs to his ailing mother and sister before he dies.

Required security precautions in the days leading up to Thursday’s execution were among reasons that prisons officials cited in rejecting 40-year-old Ronald Phillips’ request this week to give a kidney and his heart to family members.

Phillips has said through his attorneys that the request was not a delay tactic, but rather an attempt to make a final gesture for good.

The prisons department is leaving it up to Phillips’ family whether his organs are harvested after his death – though it is unclear whether they would be viable when Phillips’ body is turned over to his family. Full Article

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