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Charlie Jones

Prisoners could soon be able to swap an organ for less than year off jail sentence

Prisoners in the US may soon be allowed to get up to a year off their sentence in return for trading one of their organs.

The new bill being proposed in the Massachusetts state legislature would let people locked up in prison volunteer to donate bone marrow or organs in exchange for a lighter sentence.

The Bill limits the amount of time taken off a sentence to a "not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction".

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