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Wiz Imp

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12. Was the plot of a Law & Order episode "Harvest" from Season 8
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 06:55 PM
Jun 6

the victim of a drive-by shooting who was in a coma and nearly brain dead was prepped to have her organs harvested before she was actually dead. The Doctor did it in order to deliver her organs to a hospital where he was hoping to get a job. McCoy's cross examination of the doctor is great where he accuses the doctor of pumping the victim full of morphine while harvesting her organs so she wouldn't wake up screaming in the middle of it.

A variation of this issue was explored in the movie "Extreme Measures" from 1996.

Gene Hackman plays a doctor who leads an organization that performs spinal experiments on mostly healthy homeless people in an attempt to find a cure for paralysis. Turns out the experiments on the homeless were done without their consent and all ended up dying even though they were healthy to begin with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Measures

Stuff like this is pure evil.

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This is supposed to be an Onion headline. JMCKUSICK Jun 6 #1
A life stint in prison. No pardons! SheltieLover Jun 6 #2
Beyond ridiculous! SheltieLover Jun 6 #3
Kentucky..........LOL DENVERPOPS Jun 6 #4
This. The next time someone asks me why I refuse to be an organ donor, it's Baitball Blogger Jun 6 #5
We've been too trusting for too long. defacto7 Jun 6 #8
same. peacebuzzard Jun 7 #17
and tbh it's why this thread should be locked cadoman Jun 7 #20
Unravel the story...expose them. sheshe2 Jun 6 #6
Illegal organ harvesting has been going on in third world countries for many years defacto7 Jun 6 #9
Real life ghouls Mysterian Jun 6 #7
I think I read the book, "Coma" in the late 70's PurgedVoter Jun 6 #10
What a nightmare PatSeg Jun 6 #11
Was the plot of a Law & Order episode "Harvest" from Season 8 Wiz Imp Jun 6 #12
Also a plot on "Chicago Hope" question everything Jun 7 #15
Reminds me of the movie COMA. /nt sdfernando Jun 6 #13
I remember the liver "donation" markodochartaigh Jun 6 #14
I took myself off the organ donor list years ago perdita9 Jun 7 #16
I think I need to get online and remove the organ donor emblem from my driver's license. Oopsie Daisy Jun 7 #18
New scientist magazine Blue Full Moon Jun 7 #19
Yike! That's the stuff of nightmares. Vinca Jun 7 #21
Yet another reason we need one Single Payer Insurance for everyone here IbogaProject Jun 7 #22
Grim joke about similar situation... GJGCA Jun 7 #23
I'm skeptical. The New York Times is not a credible source anymore. TomSlick Jun 7 #24
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