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Homicide Victim in Death Definition Debate at Center
In Oakland a murder trial intertwines with a national clash over brain death and heart donation. Samuel Mitchell Allen Jr. was killed. Blaine Wixom received his heart after Allen's brain death was declared, prompting legal and medical battles over when death occurs and the use of organs for transplantation.
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Oakland
Calif
Manor
Tex
Samuel’ Mitchell Allen Jr
Allen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Blaine Wixom
Stanford University Medical Center
Norman Shumway
Wixom
Andrew D. Lyons
Sam Allen
U.S. Supreme Court
John Cruikshank
Harvard University
Highland Hospital
Harvard
Samuel Mitchell Allen Jr
Husky
California
Austin
Conrad Blevins
Robert Burns
Shumway
Santa Clara County
Stanford
Burns
Wasanwi
Sam
Alameda County
Highway Department
Dr. Shumway
Joy
Wixoms
Alameda
Roland Prahl
Mrs. Allen
Thomas Harter
Jack Copeland
Alvin Hackel
Highland
Hacker
San Francisco
Jase No
Park Spring Cemetery