It's an over-the-top get out of jail free card. All you have to do is agree to have your body cut open and hand over a kidney. Would you donate an organ if you knew it would get you an early release from prison There's a possibility desperate inmates could soon get the chance to make that decision for themselves, if a new proposed bill gets passed in South Carolina.

這是一張超乎預期的出獄自由通行證，很簡單，你只要同意剖開身體，交出一枚腎臟。如果知道捐器官可以讓你提早出獄，你願意嗎？如果南卡羅來納州一項新提出的法案通過，那些絕望的受刑人可能很快就有機會自行決定。

In a totally bizarre proposal, lawmakers there are considering legislation that would let prisoners donate organs or bone marrow in exchange for time off their sentences. The incentive policy would be the first of its kind in the nation.

南卡議員提出一項完全異乎尋常的提案，他們考慮立法，讓受刑人捐器官或骨髓，交換減輕刑期。這項獎勵政策將是全美首例。

A state Senate panel rcently endorsed creating an organ-and-tissue donation program for inmates. That's not really an issue. But the stickier measure legislators are debating: whether to reduce the sentences of participating prisoners. The bill would shave up to 180 days off a prison sentence for donor inmates.

南卡州參院一小組委員會最近通過首開受刑人器官及組織捐贈計畫。這倒不成問題，議員正在辯論比較棘手的措施：是否減免參加的受刑人的刑期。這項法案將減掉器捐受刑人180天的刑期。

The bill's chief sponsor, Democratic Sen. Ralph Anderson, says he thinks it is imperative that this bill gets passed. "This country is in desperate need of organ donors," Anderson. Says. "Thousands of people are dying and it's very difficult to get someone to donate bone marrow or an organ . I think this would be a new population that they could draw from and would save lives on top of lives." Anderson says he thinks a lot of prisoners would be pleased to know they've contributed to saving a life.

這項法案主要提案人民主黨參議員安德森說，他認為必須通過這項法案。「這個國家亟需器官捐贈者，」安德森說。「數千人正在和生命拔河，又很難找人捐骨髓器官。我想他們可以從這一群新人中取得，又可救人一命。」安德森說，他認為很多受刑人將很高興知道他們幫助救人一命。

More than 95,300 Americans are awaiting an organ transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. About 6,700 die each year.

據器官取得及移植網路指出，全美有超過95,300人正在等器官移植，每年約有6,700人死亡。




《詞解》
over-the-top 超乎預期田
 bizarre 異乎尋常
organs 器官
bone marrow 骨髓
incentive policy 獎勵政策
sticky 棘手
imperative 攸關重要