X-Message-Number: 20292
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 11:04:50 -0500
From: "Kansas City Homes - " <>
Subject: Contractual Cryonic Suspension for Criminals/Criminally Insane?

Something dawned on me just this morning... With all the publicity that Ted
Williams has received (generally perceived by Cryonicists as positive in
it's exposure to the masses), I can envision a negative type of publicity
that can happen just the other way around.

E.g. a convicted murderer is sentenced to death and is signed up for
cryonics. The procedure was paid in with cash (insurance will not take care
of that in case of a conviction, right RudyH?) Upon execution his body is
taken away for cryonics suspension - media will have a hay day with that
one! How about mass murderers or serial killers like a D.C. sniper? What if
it's a religious fanatic or a mentally unstable person who has signed up
with Alcor or CI, went on a shooting spree and when caught and convicted
will be sentenced to death. Imagine him saying "When I come back in 5,000
years I'll do the same thing" or "They are dead, but I'll be alive when I am
reanimated?" The damage to cryonics will be utterly unimaginable in this
case, in my opinion.

Do Alcor and CI have any provisions for cases like this, negative and
nation-wide in publicity, that will prevent a well known criminal or a
mentally retarded person (after his death in an institution upon judge's
order) from suspension? Do they discriminate against "convicted" criminals
or "psychos"  if they have a valid cryonics contract.  I take that insurance
will be invalidated if a person has been executed for a crime he has
committed, so the speculation is based on a "cash" suspension. How about a
mentally retarded individual who has committed a crime, but was never
convicted of it for reasons of insanity and placed in a mental institution
for the rest of his/her life or till s/he is cured and then released?

Possibilities are endless in this case. What happens if the body of an
executed man is immediately available for suspension? Would Alcor or CI do
it? Or would they choose not to perform the suspension?

What if the executed man later is found to be not guilty or someone else
came up and confessed and the suspension was not performed? Would the
cryonics provider be found liable in this case for not performing the
suspension according to the contract by a jury or a judge? Regardless of
whether the person is guilty or not, but has a *valid* suspension contract?

Anyone cares to comment?

Sincerely,

IGGY Dybal

Your Real Estate Consultant - Kansas City - RE/MAX Best

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