The Defenseless Dead
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The Defenseless Dead is a novella in the Known Space universe by Larry Niven. It is the second of five Gil Hamilton detective stories.
Organlegging is rampant on Earth in the early 22nd century. In an attempt to alleviate the problem, the UN has just passed the first "Freezer Law", declaring pauper in cryogenic suspension to be dead in law, allowing their organs to be harvested and made available for transplant.
A few years later Hamilton is finishing lunch with an acquaintance, when he is...
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