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To: ContraryMary

Florida "law" didn't say she should die - a misguided judge did.


33 posted on 03/18/2005 12:44:08 PM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
Florida "law" didn't say she should die - a misguided judge did.

No, a misguided judge decided that Terri had unequivically expressed a desire not to remain alive by artificial means. The misguided judge reached that decision after a trial, and indeed there have been mutilple trials and hearing on the various issues over the last 15 years. The decision of the misguided judge has also been upheld by every appellate court that has reviewed the determinations of the misguided judge. The problem here is not with the misguided judge, but with Floriduh law, which apparently allows a court to make a decision in a case like this based upon the oral statements that the incapacitated person allegedly made before she became incapacitated, rather than requiring the same evidence required to prove a will -- that is, a written document, signed by the testator, witnessed, and acknowledged.

183 posted on 03/18/2005 2:18:59 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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