[farmer18th]

I hate to break this to you, but presidential pardons are limited to federal criminals,

Isn't there some merit, albeit weird, to the notion that Judge Greer has declared Terri a criminal by his order to have her executed?

[dufekin]

Greer didn't declare Terri a criminal; only a jury could do that (unless she, or her lawyers on her behalf, waived the right ot a jury trial). So Greer took a more insidious track, following precedent set by the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) and Roe et al. v. Wade (1973), and declared that Terri, although genetically human, is not a person, and as such, not endowed by our Creator with the certain inalienable right to life. Rather, Judge Greer ruled, Terri Schiavo is a member of a certain non-endangered species of xerophytic cacti, and as such, will not suffer if denied food and water for the next several months; eventually, the cactus might shrivel and die.