> Dana wrote: > where there is sufficient evidence to the contrary. In my opinion this > shoud have happened in this case, but did not because Michael Schiavo > and Judge Greer had agreed that dying was in Terry Schiavo's best > interest, and he refused to evaluate evidence to the contrary. >
It's funny because I always totally agree with you up until your conclusion. It was not that they decided "dying would be in her best interest" - it was that Judge Greer ruled that the law says it was Mr. Schiavo's choice on whether Mrs. Schiavo would refuse treatment at that point in her case. If I take your argument to its end, it's: under no circumstances should any person be able to refuse treatment for another person. I fundamentally disagree with that. Also you keep saying "he refused to hear ..." I've talked to judges about this and heard from witnesses in the court who all independently said Judge Greer did hear the testimony, but didn't feel the source was credible. That makes perfect sense because to this day you have some doctors saying, "no competent neurologist would say this woman is in anything else but in a PVS." You have others saying she's not. As a judge you have to decide who you believe - he chose to believe the former. As to the conspiracy theories and the "appelate courts didn't see the evidence" argument, the FL courts did decide to review the evidence, but still sided with Judge Greer. The Federal courts saw no wrong doing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153152 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
