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A Pound of Flesh: The Complex Demands of Incarcerated Individuals Seeking Sentence Reduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2025

Rachel E. Sweeney
Rachel E. Sweeney*
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Email: rsweeney5@partners.org
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Abstract

Massachusetts Bill H.2333, An act to establish the Massachusetts incarcerated individual bone marrow and organ donation program, was introduced in February 2023 and sparked immediate controversy. In their analysis of the proposed legislation, Albertsen et al. raise the ethical issue of unequal opportunity for sentence reduction and examine Bill H.2333 relative to mainstream theories of punishment. This commentary broadens the lens to the landscape of parole and medical parole, underscoring the complex demands placed on incarcerated individuals seeking sentence reduction in Massachusetts.

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incarcerationmedical paroleremorseparole

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 53 , Issue 1: Institutional Obligations to Promote Research Integrity , Spring 2025 , pp. 87 - 88
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

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