[walden]

Are you a lawyer? Is this something that could be changed by changing the statute law, or would it be a change to state constitutions? I think the point is valid-- no one person should decide on the life or death of another.

[Grn_Lantern]

Will be in a few months.

What would have to happen is the FL Supreme Court would have to change the rules of civil procedure in the state...and the would never do this.

What this basically means is that, say, in TX, you can have a jury decide whether or not to grant an injunction...I don't think any other state is like this (for obvious reasons...it cloggs the courts).

[Clara Lou]

no one person should decide on the life or death of another
Are you saying that every person who is on the verge of death [I'm not talking about Terri] would have to undergo a court process to decide about whether their treatement should be ended?

[steampower]

I'm not a lawyer, I'm a citizen who sees their most basic right, the right to life, being destroyed.

If this takes a Constitutional Amendment it is truly our only hope.

[longtermmemmory]

it could be done by statute. It could even be done so it will give the parties a choice of waiving jury trial. (by agreement)