Posted on 06/28/2005 11:16:32 PM PDT by Checkers
"We all watched Terri Schiavo die. The controversy around her case dominated the headlines and talk shows, going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House, and the Vatican.
And it's not over yet. Despite her death, the controversy lingers. In Silent Witness, former LAPD detective and New York Times bestselling author Mark Fuhrman applies his highly respected investigative skills to examine the medical evidence, legal case files, and police records. With the complete cooperation of Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, as well as their medical and legal advisers, he conducts exclusive interviews with forensics experts and crucial witnesses, including friends, family members, and caregivers.
Fuhrman's findings will answer these questions:
What was Terri and Michael Schiavo's marriage really like? What happened the day Terri collapsed? What did Michael Schiavo do when he discovered Terri unconscious? How long did he wait before calling 911? What do medical records show about her condition when she was first admitted to the hospital? What will the autopsy say? The legal issues and ethical questions provoked by Terri Schiavo's extraordinary case may never be resolved. But the facts about her marriage, her condition when she collapsed, and her eventual death fifteen years later can be determined.
With Silent Witness, Fuhrman goes beyond the legal aspects of the case and delves into the broader, human background of Terri Schiavo's short, sad life.
About the Author
Mark Fuhrman is a retired LAPD detective. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Murder in Brentwood and Murder in Greenwich, as well as Murder in Spokane and Death and Justice. He lives in Idaho."
I hope and pray you are right. I'm glad to see Mark Furhman wrote a book about Terri's case . The issues are so complicated to understand. A well written book is just what's needed. Looking forward to reading this.
The thing that should have been obvious to people, even if some of the other issues were complicated, is that no one wanted to be sure Terrri was PVS. They were in such a hurry to kill her. She was denied test after test, even simple tests to see if she could swallow for instance. (And I have always had a problem with HINO's insistence that Terri be kept isolated. Doesn't that just shout out that he was trying to prevent her from recovering?- Not to mention the 7 years it took him to "remember" his wife's "wishes" and conveniently "remembered" just a couple of months after receiving settlement money so he could take care of Terri for the "rest of HIS life" as he testified in the malpractice lawsuit.
Her case is just one long list of suspicious activities and conflicts of interest on the part of HINO, lawyer and judge..
The most recent "odd" thing is the ME report. Besides the fact that some of the report couldn't be completed due to missing papers, the ME also said Terri was blind.
I'm wondering how he arrived at that conclusion. Can you do an eye exam on a dehydrated corpse? How do you check for responsive pupils, exc.. if the person is dead? Was there damage to the structure of the eyes? Why, and how was she blind, and how was it determined?
Oh well, more questions. At least some of them will be answered with this book. I hope the FReepers who were so eager to have Terri killed will read it. There were ,and still are, very valid reasons why people including me, were against Terri being euthanized.
-Men(ace) in Black? SCOTUS goes Rogue...--
-Useless Eaters vs The Death Cult--
-Thunder on the Border-- (Minuteman Project)--
1- an unaccountable Judiciary.
2- whose life is it, anyway? Yours, or someone else's?
3- whose Country is it?
There are other vital issues, of course- but these three will determine just who we really are as a nation.
Mine is supposed to be delivered today.
Ask Michael Skakel (Ethel Kennedy's nephew) who put him behind bars for a murder that was 20 years old.
Fuhrman has earned his respect back.
LOL To funny, thanks for my laugh for the day ;)
I think his problem was insignificant to the outcome of the OJ Travesty. With that racial payback jury you could have had videos of OJ in the act and they still would have acquitted the murderer. Furman and all of the other minor discrepancies simply gave them all the cover they needed to arrive at 'Reasonable Boubt'.
There were a lot of things that ME didn't address. For one thing, it was plastered all over the news that Terri's brain was 600 and something grams--half the size of a normal brain (as if that's a compelling reason to kill someone)--but did that measurement correct or even try to correct for the dehydration? Which weighs more, a raisin or a grape?
It ain't over 'til the ivestigator's book sings!
You're obviously not disabled.
"How long did he wait before calling 911?
That's already known."
Curious, how long was it?
Someone get the white cop from Sanford and Son to translate this for me.
Too much caffeine?
The TRUTH is quiet as a butterfly. Lies are embellished with flash and thunder (and !!!!!!!s).
As another poster said more eloquently than I could:
"With that racial payback jury you could have had videos of OJ in the act and they still would have acquitted the murderer. Furman and all of the other minor discrepancies simply gave them all the cover they needed to arrive at 'Reasonable Boubt'."
Will you pitch the same !!!!!!! fit when Michael Schiavo's book comes out? Apparently he has no conscience whatsoever.
Thank you for your service. Try not to get so upset over the fact that some of us are doing what we can on the homefront to secure those liberties you fought for. What was the point of our soldiers winning WWII, if we're just going to willingly submit ourselves to the policies of Hitler? How long before we submit ourselves to sharia law? Wouldn't that be a slap in the face to the men and women who have fought to protect us from that tryranny? Why do we fight wars? Just to thin out the young male population? There must be a bigger reason.
Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'zat you?
later read.
Furhman further said that Schiavo has never testified for depositions etc unless it benefited Schiavo and that he never answered the same twice.
Mark Fuhrman also said that he spoke with the EMTs that were there the night of her collapse but not the original doctors. I believe he said there were 2 doctors and that they've moved out of state and will not discuss Terris condition that night.
Look, there's more.
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