Dennis Hayes, Selling Kidneys, and King County Executive Race
10/27/2009 at 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Constantine vs. Hutchison
The Dow Constantine and Susan Hutchison race for King County Executive is coming down to the wire. Amy Radil reports on the latest.
Officer Charged
An Everett Police officer faces murder charges after allegedly shooting a suspect seven times in the back. A legal affairs expert explains why it's rare for prosecutors to charge officers in cases like this, and why it's even more rare to secure a conviction.
12:20 p.m.
Buying and Selling Kidneys
Every year about a million people die because their kidneys have failed. The problem is there are not enough people willing to donate a kidney. What if there was a system to compensate kidney donors? Could such a system avoid the problem of poor people being exploited for their organs? Critics say a living kidney donation is maiming. Others believe there is a way to increase kidney donations without creating an organ trafficking problem. We'll hear both sides and your side.
12:40 p.m.
Dennis Hayes
Denis Hayes organized the first Earth Day event in 1970. Now he's head of the Bullitt Foundation. He joined us at the Fireside Room of the Sorrento Hotel for a conversation about the environment, energy and politics.
Guest(s)
Sam Walker is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Frances Kissling is formerly president of Catholics For Choice and is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. She also writes about religion, reproduction and politics for Salon.com.
Arthur L. Caplan is a professor and director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dennis Hayes is head of the Bullitt Foundation and the organizer behind the original Earth Day event.
Cathy McClure is a Seattle–based artist and a recent kidney donor.
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- 'Hutchison, Constantine Wage 'Outsider-Insider' Race,' KUOW
- 'Everett officer charged in June shooting death,' Seattle Times
- 'Whaddaya have to do to get a kidney around here?,' Salon.com
- 'Whose Body Is It? The Ethics Of Organ Donation And Human Egg Sales,' KUOW
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