Did the state take her life?
Yes.
Greer actually issued what was literally a death warrant.
He didn't say, "You can kill her", he said, "She will be killed"!
One of worst atrocities in the history of this country.
And the entire political and legal class in this country meekly whimpered and let him get away with it.
Because of the craven cowardice of our elected "leaders", Greer was allowed to usurp the powers of the entire government of the United States and the state of Florida, however briefly. He was also allowed to completely ignore the clear words of the state and the national constitutions. He effectively gutted those documents.
And Charlie Crist bears a big chunk of the responsibility for it...he is the second most powerful law enforcement officer in the State, right behind Governor Jeb Bush.
All they had to do was exercise their executive prerogatives...based solidly on the clear wording of Article One, Section Two of the Florida constitution, as follows:
Aticle 1.
SECTION 2.
Basic rights.–All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability.