New Posts For Thread: Accused killer's body donated to sciencehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_scienceAccused killer's body donated to scienceBy Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY Updated 7h 36m ago The body of Adam Mayes, a suspected killer and kidnapper, has been donated to science.CAPTIONBy HO, AFP/Getty ImagesAdam Mayes, a suI am reminded of Larry Niven's vision of a future of easy organ transplants and all executed criminals are simply divided up into organs for the organ banks. The dark side of his view was that third time DUI's became capitol offenses to keep the orghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520685101#520685101I am reminded of Larry Niven's vision of a future of easy organ transplants and all executed criminals are simply divided up into organs for the organ banks. The dark side of his view was that third time DUI's became capitol offenses to keep the orgSun, 10 Jun 2012 18:33:10 -0500The place that I think is ghoulishly interesting is The Body Farm associated with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where donated corpses are strategically placed so that the effects of decomposition in various environmental conditions can be obhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520684841#520684841The place that I think is ghoulishly interesting is The Body Farm associated with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where donated corpses are strategically placed so that the effects of decomposition in various environmental conditions can be obSun, 10 Jun 2012 18:21:50 -0500And on that note, let me once again pimp the organ donor services:www.organdonor.gov (US organ donor register)www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ukt/default.asp (UK organ donor register)http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520652819#520652819And on that note, let me once again pimp the organ donor services:www.organdonor.gov (US organ donor register)www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ukt/default.asp (UK organ donor register)Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:05:38 -0500It's even better, unlike Mr. Mayes, to do something useful with them before we're dead...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520652641#520652641It's even better, unlike Mr. Mayes, to do something useful with them before we're dead...Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:58:43 -0500Actually, it is really too bad more of us don't do something useful with our bodies after we are done with them.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520650205#520650205Actually, it is really too bad more of us don't do something useful with our bodies after we are done with them.Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:52:12 -0500Well, Mr. Mayes did the world one favor by removing himself from it; nice to see he just keeps on giving.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520650193#520650193Well, Mr. Mayes did the world one favor by removing himself from it; nice to see he just keeps on giving.Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:51:27 -0500Accused killer's body donated to scienceBy Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY Updated 7h 36m ago The body of Adam Mayes, a suspected killer and kidnapper, has been donated to science.CAPTIONBy HO, AFP/Getty ImagesAdam Mayes, a suhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43971/29169413/Accused_killers_body_donated_to_science?post_id=520648281#520648281Accused killer's body donated to scienceBy Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY Updated 7h 36m ago The body of Adam Mayes, a suspected killer and kidnapper, has been donated to science.CAPTIONBy HO, AFP/Getty ImagesAdam Mayes, a suSat, 09 Jun 2012 18:31:13 -0500