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In 1996, Reyes-Camarena, was convicted of repeatedly stabbing 32- and 18-year-old sisters he met in a farm-labor camp. The older woman survived 17 stab wounds to testify against him. Since then he has been on death row in the state of Oregon getting $121,000 a year in dialysis treatments. It always continues to amaze me how we treat our prisoners better than many of our law abiding citizens. Here is the wost part. His prison doctor determined he is a good candidate for a kidney transplant! Now Reyes-Camarena could be placed on a transplant waiting list ahead of others who did not commit any crimes and become the state's first death-row inmate to receive an organ transplant. I don't judge the doctor because he has to keep his own emotions out of his recommendations but it begs the question, can a society be too civilized? As an extreme comparison, Iran just cut off the hand of a twenty-one year old for stealing candy. While I never want us to be that cruel, I just wonder when enough is enough. There is only so much money in our already bankrupt health care system. I would love to hear your thoughts on this?