Posted on 03/19/2005 7:36:36 AM PST by Life4Terri
Many are opposing the interference of Congress in the Terri Schindler Schiavo case. There are many justified reasons, in my opinion, that it needs to happen. This is not only for Terri, but for all future patients who may be under the guardianship of a guardian with ulterior motives and less than desirable actions that could cause the death of the patient.
PLEASE continue to do all you can to save the life of Terri Schindler Schiavo as well as the potential future lives of those in a similar family situation.
Please let Congress to be aware of the horror rulings of Judge George Greer and his blatant lack of disregard for EVIDENCE that shows MIchaels Schiavo is NOT and has never been a guardian for the interest of Terri Schindler Schiavo. There is SO much the public is not aware. I personally have gone through transcripts of every court document available and have outlined the horrible actions and the conflicts of his testimonies.
Please review the items below. PLEASE be sure that congress is aware that the reason this bill is so important is so that other family's will not have to endure wrong death sentences for innocent sick and/or disabled patients who did not have their wishes in writing and whose lives are in the hands of less than desirable spouses or guardians. PLEASE. Please review the history and snippets taken from court statments of Michael Schiavo's lies. Judge Greer is aware of EVERY ONE of these actions and has chosen to ignore them:
A "Loving Spouse" to his disabled wife?
Does a loving spouse melt his wifes wedding rings , only a couple of months after her hospitalization, to make jewelry for himself? Michael did.
Does a loving spouse euthanize his wifes perfectly healthy cats because his new girlfriend has a dog? Michael did.
Does a loving spouse have mattress aerobics at the same time he professes to do whatever he can to find treatment for his wife in the very early days of her collapse? Michael did.
Does a loving spouse hold their wife hostage from her parents and family because he has a slip of papers called "marriage license"? Michael does.
Does a loving spouse get approval from the courts to use nearly half of his wifes trust fund CARE money to help pay for HIS right-to-die attorney while NOT allowing his wife to have council of her own? Michael did. (while he used his portions of awardship towards a beautiful home that he titled in his fiance's name...for "safe measures")
Does a loving spouse name his fiance in his own mothers obituary column and leave out his wifes? Michael did.
MICHAELS MOTIVES and WHY
Further, the argument is that Congress has stepped into the family matters scene. Those same people against it march for citizens and their Constitutional Rights, which is wonderful, however....what about the constitutional rights of the victim, Terri Schiavo? Throw that out the window because the courts have made grave errors and the judge is clearly showing bias? How can anyone sing the praises of the courts when Judge Greer himself has excused Michael Schiavo from the law by allowing him the "grace" to skip out on submitting yearly care plans for THREE YEARS in a row? That action would have any one of us thrown off as guardian. What about Greer's acceptance of EVERY SINGLE person who testified on behalf of Michael and THREW OUT nearly every single affadavit and testimony of the Schindler family? WHat about Terri's constitutional rights? Its not that she just hasn't had her own council, its been DENIED to her. Rejected by Judge Greer, George Felos and mostly by her estranged spouse, Michael Schiavo. What about her rights to a jury of peers? Why is a probate court deciding a life and death matter, anyhow? What about those rights?
PLEASE be sure those who are against this bill fully understand the HORROR of this case and why Congress stepped into it in the first place.
Why has this happened that the Courts have ruled she is "terminal" due to a wrong PVS diagnosis?
Because her diagnosis was based on older tests and NOT ON ADVANCED and more intricate test studies. Many doctors have asked to perform those tests.
WHy aren't the tests performed then?
Because her husband, and the Florida courts, won't let them test her.
Why?
Because her spouse will not authorize it.
Why?
Because he KNOWS it would show she is indeed NOT PVS.
WHy, then?
Because he knows then that he cannot kill her by a court order.
Why?
Because he is controlling, calculating and in his own words on last years Larry King Live he stated the reason he wont give Terri back to her parents is "Because her family has caused me hell"
Why?
Because he thought he was going to quietly kill her off by holding off antibiotics way back in November of 1993 the second week after the award settlement was won, but her family interfered and took him to court to make him give her antibiotics.
Why?
Because back in 1993, once the check cleared the banks, he would have inherited EVERY SINGLE PENNY OF her trust care fund of $750,000 had she died , due to no antibiotics.
PROMISES, PROMISES
"MICHAEL MADE A PROMISE" , says George Felos, attorney "I PROMISED TERRI", states Michael Schiavo, estranged spouse
What about the promise to love and honor made during his marriage ceremony under the roof of God's house? What about through sickness and in health? What about the promise of love and fidelity throughout their marriage? He has committed adultry. What about those promises?
What about his promise, as testified below, to please award he and Terri a malpractice settlement so that he can get his nursing degree and bring her home and care for her? What about that promise?
*EXCERPT OF TRANSCRIPT:
12 PLACE: Courtroom B Pinellas County Courthouse 13 Clearwater, Florida 3461614 DATE: November 5, 199215 TIME: Commencing at 9:00 A.M.16 REPORTED BY: JOANNE GERBINO Deputy Official Court Report ************EXCERPT*********** 18 Q. Where did you go to nursing school? 19 A. I'm going -- I'm attending St. Pete Junior 20 College. 21 Q. When did you start? 22 A. Approximately a year ago. 23 Q. When do you hope to finish? 24 A. We're looking at something like 1994. 25 Q. Why did you want to learn to be a nurse?___
1 A. Because I enjoy it and I want to learn more how 2 to take care of Terry. 3 Q. You're a young man. Your life is ahead of you. 4 Your future is beyond you. Up the road, when you look up 5 the road, what do you see for yourself? 6 A. I see myself hopefully finishing school and taking 7 care of my wife. 8 Q. Where do you want to take care of your wife? 9 A. I want to bring my wife home. 10 Q. If you had the resources available to you, if you 11 had the equipment and the people, would you do that? 12 A. Yes, I would, in a heartbeat. 13 Q. How do you feel about being married to Terry now? 14 A. I feel wonderful. She's my life and I wouldn't 15 trade her for the world. I believe in my -- I believe in my 16 wedding vows. 17 Q. What do you mean? You want to take a minute? 18 A. Yeah. 19 MR. WOODWORTH: If the Court would let us take a 20 minute. 21 Q. (BY MR. WOODWORTH:) You okay? 22 A. Yeah. I'm sorry. 23 Q. Have -- you said you believe in your wedding vows, 24 what do you mean by that? 25 A. I believe in the vows that I took with my wife,___ 1 through sickness, in health, for richer or poorer. I 2 married my wife because I love her and I want to spend the 3 rest of my life with her. I'm going to do that. 4 MR. WOODWORTH: That's all. 5 THE COURT: Mr. Deacon. 6 MR. DEACON: May it please the Court. 7 Mr. Woodworth, Mr. Fox.
*end of partial transcript (snippet)
Michael Schiavo got his nursing degree; he got the money; and he NEVER brought Terri home after that. He has never applied ONE HOUR of his nursing education towards the care of his wife. Instead he got the money and put her on DNR and proceed to prevent the family from having knowledge of her condition; banned them on numerous times from visitations; HALTED ALL THERAPY; and began to take full control of Terri Schindler Schiavo. Clear to controlling when and how she will die and the courts of Florida has supported him every step of the way.
MORE MICHAEL LIES
Please note the additional lies in his testimony. He stated he had an intimate relationship 5 YEARS after Terri's "incident". In the trial transcript below from January 24, 2000.
Please review below the statements at the trial transcript for the malpractice trial. (before he knew he would be under such scrutiny). Note the intimate dating "date"? Do the math. That deposition was taken in 1993. He spoke of dating Cindy Shook for 8 months and Jodi for 3 months. That is 11 months. Subtract that from 1993 and we are looking at 1992. Terri "collapsed" in 1990.
THIS WAS NOT 5 YEARS LATER, as Michael lied below.
*Excerpts of court transcripts:
Taken from:
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7 MICHAEL SCHIAVO, AS GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON OF THERESA MARIE SCHIAVO, 8 Petitioner, 9 APPEAL vs. 10 ROBERT SCHINDLER AND MARY SCHINDLER, 11 Respondents. 12 ______________________________________
13 BEFORE: GEORGE W. GREER Circuit Court Judge 14 PLACE: Clearwater Courthouse 15 Clearwater, FL 33756
16 DATE: January 24, 2000
17 TIME: 9:00 a.m.
18 REPORTED BY: Beth Ann Erickson, RPR Court Reporter 19 Notary Public ____________________________________ 20
21 TRIAL
22 Q Did Mr. Schindler ever follow up on his
23 threat to get a lawyer?
24 A Yes. He did.
25 Q I believe a petition was filed in July
64 1 of 1993. Later that year. What were you sued
2 for, Mr. Schiavo? What was the Schindlers asking
3 the Court to do?
4 A That I was not taking care of Terri. I
5 was seeing other people. And that I was in
6 conflict due to her money that if Terri died I
7 would inherit it.
8 Q Mr. Schiavo, since Terri's incident, did
9 you have any intimate relations with another
10 woman?
11 A Yes. I did.
12 Q When did that occur?
13 A Approximately five years after the
14 incident. I don't know the exact dates.
15 Q How long did that relationship last?
16 A Approximately eight months.
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DEPOSITION OF: MICHAEL SCHIAVO
TAKEN: Pursuant to Notice Instance of Petitioners
DATE: November 19, 1993
TIME: Commencing at 1:20 p.m.
PLACE: Steven Nilsson, Esquire 2471 McMullen Booth Oakbrook Plaza Suite 308 Clearwater, Florida
BEFORE: DEVERAH BIANCO Stenographic Court Reporter and Notary Public - State of Florida at Large
1 Q How old is your companion?
2 A Twenty-eight.
3 Q Is this the first relationship that you've been
4 involved in since your wife has been in a coma?
5 A No.
6 Q How many other relationships have you been
7 involved in?
8 MR. NILSSON: Objection. Vague and ambiguous as
9 to what the relationship is.
10 MR. SHEEHAN: Romantic.
11 MR. NILSSON: Same objection. Vague and
12 ambiguous.
13 BY MR. SHEEHAN:
14 Q You can answer.
15 BY THE DEPONENT:
16 A I was in one other relationship.
17 Q Was this with a person named Cindy?
18 A Yes.
19 Q How long did that relationship last?
20 A Yes. About eight months, approximately, give or
21 take.
22 Q Was it an intimate relationship?
23 A Yes.
24 Q Did you and Cindy ever live together?
25 A No.
___ 7
1 Q Is it true that you and Cindy shared adjoining
2 apartments?
3 A No
4 Q When you become involved in these relationships
5 -- the two relationships that you are describing -- one
6 lasted eight months. Was it an exclusive relationship,
7 the one with Cindy?
8 A What do you mean by exclusive?
9 Q I mean was she the only person you were seeing at
10 the time?
11 A Yes.
12 MR. NILSSON: Objection, other than his wife
13 Terry, you mean.
14 BY MR. SHEEHAN:
15 Q Other than his wife Terry.
16 A Other than my wife Terry, yes, she was the only
17 one.
18 Q And did you see her, like, on weekends like your
19 present relationship?
20 A Yes.
21 Q What -- you've been involved in a relationship
22 for eight months and now you are going in another one for
23 three months, what is your anticipation where the
24 relationships are going to go or do you think about it at
25 all?
___ 8
1 MR. NILSSON: Objection. Overly broad, vague and
2 ambiguous. Do the best you can.
3 BY THE DEPONENT:
4 A I don't anticipate anything.
5 BY MR. SHEEHAN:
6 Q Do you anticipate that if the relationship
7 continues that you may eventually want to divorce Terry
8 and remarry?
9 MR. NILSSON: Objection. Asks for speculation.
10 BY MR. SHEEHAN:
11 Q You can answer.
12 MR. NILSSON: Just a second. If you --
13 BY THE DEPONENT:
14 A I have no plans of abandoning Terry.
15 BY MR. SHEEHAN:
16 Q My question is not whether you have any plans of
17 abandoning Terry. My question is: Do you anticipate, if
18 this relationship continues, that at some time you may
19 want to divorce Terry and remarry? That was my question.
20 Q What is your understanding of your wife's present
21 medical condition?
22 A As far as overall?
23 Q Overall.
24 A Terry, right now, is in stable condition. She
1 has no skin problems. She gets to the doctor regularly.
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HOW HE FOUND HER BODY ON FEBRUARY 25, 1990. TWO SEPERATE ACCOUNTS AT TWO DIFFERENT HEARINGS.
***************************************************************** IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY 2 CIVIL DIVISION DATE AND TIME: July 27, 1992; 9:05 a.m. CASE NO. 92-939CI-15 p.99 of MS Depo Med Mal Pt 4 24 Q Now, what -- when you saw her, do you know 25 what time it was? ___ p.103 of MS Depo Med Mal Pt 4 1 A I believe it was almost five a.m.. 2 Q When you saw her, how was she lying; in other 3 words, on her back or -- 4 A On her back. 5 Q Did she make any sound at all before she fell ************************************************************** CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR PINELLAS COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION CASE NO. 90-2908-GD3 January 24, 2000 BEFORE: GEORGE W. GREER Circuit Court Judge PLACE: Clearwater Courthouse Clearwater, FL 33756 Q Michael, tell me what occurred on 11 February 25, 1990. 12 A I got home late from work that night. I 13 came in the house. Terri woke up. She heard me. 14 I gave her a kiss good night. She gave me a kiss 15 good night. A few hours later, I was getting out 16 of bed for some reason and I heard this thud. So 17 I ran out into the hall and I found Terri on the 18 floor. I knelt down next to her and I turned her 19 over because she sort of fell on her face. On her 20 stomach and face. 21 I turned her over going, "Terri, Terri.
HOSTAGE OF HOSPICE
Terri has been a hostage of Michael Schiavo for the past 13 years. She is the longest disabled American to be held captive by the American Court System of FLorida. Even following death he wants full control. Her parents wish her to be buried in Florida with a plot near them. Michael is cremating her and spreading her ashes far away in Pennsylvania. His desires rule according to Judge George Greer. How much more cruel can Michael Schiavo be and still have the courts side with him?
A Registered Nurse ?
What about the fact he has a Registered Nursing Degree? Is it allowable to be a registered nurse and call upon a "mercy killing" and to publicly voice ones opinion towards right-to-die? The man is an emergency TRAUMA nurse. How can he console family members of his patients in trauma care without being biased?
PLEASE FREE TERRI SCHIAVO.
PLEASE ENACT THE BILL THAT WILL NEVER ENABLE ANOTHER PERSON TO CAUSE SUCH HARM TO THE PATIENT THEY ARE TO BE GUARDIAN.
Michael Schiavo is a criminal and a murderer who will get away with it if Congress doesn't act. Some of you people are believing Michael Schiavo and that Terri, in fact, made this request to die...if Michael had done as promised when the accident happened (that means take care of Terri and not shack up with another woman and have kids with her) maybe people would believe him, but in this case Michael's motives are highly suspsect and someone needs to speak out in defense of this poor woman who is likely the way she is BECAUSE OF MICHAEL SCHIAVO!
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