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Judge denies last ditch effort by Schiavo's parents
The St. Petersburg Times ^ | 10/17/2003 | The associated press

Posted on 10/17/2003 12:12:54 PM PDT by walford

A circuit court judge today denied a last-ditch effort by the parents of a disabled woman to reinsert a feeding tube that was disconnected by her husband. Supporters of Bob and Mary Schindler said the writ of mandamus would direct Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene in the case of Terri Schiavo. Leon County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan Sjostrom quickly rejected the writ. Randall Terry, the anti-abortion activist who has taken up the Schindlers' cause, said the legal move was made by the Schindler's attorneys in hopes it would give Bush legal standing to intervene. The governor has been sympathetic to the Schindler's efforts block their daughter's death, but has said he has yet to find a legal means to override court rulings that allow Michael Schiavo to disconnect the feeding tube. The Schindlers want the tube reinserted so law enforcement can investigate their allegations she has been abused by her husband. Michael Schiavo has adamantly denied mistreating his wife, and both the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Pinellas County State Attorney's Office have declined to investigate such allegations.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: adultery; avarice; corruption; cruelty; dehydration; euthanisia; greed; greer; hospice; judicial; left; liberal; mercykilling; murder; schiavo; slime; starvation; terri; whoarewe
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Time is running out. The law has been exhausted. I know about what the Thomas More center has been doing. The suggestion [on another thread] of having Jessica Lynch go down there sounds interesting. The suggestion that her rescuers sounds even more interesting.
1 posted on 10/17/2003 12:12:55 PM PDT by walford
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To: nutmeg; jellybean
ping
2 posted on 10/17/2003 12:16:28 PM PDT by stanz (Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
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To: walford
You really have to wonder....if her parents just went in there and physically removed their daughter...If you were a police officer, would you physically stop them?
3 posted on 10/17/2003 12:17:27 PM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: walford
At this point, I wouldn't condemn citizen intervention in the matter by force... It's a sad day when such action may be needed to protect the innocent in our nation...

God bless Terri and may he damn her husband to eternal thirst in the hottest hell.

Mike

4 posted on 10/17/2003 12:17:30 PM PDT by BCR #226
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To: walford
Has the press conference alrady happened. Is this what it was about?
5 posted on 10/17/2003 12:17:42 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross ((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
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To: walford
July 8-14, 1933......H and Heinrich Class have spoken.....in stone!

/sarcasm

?...Justice and MERCY?

:-(

6 posted on 10/17/2003 12:21:48 PM PDT by maestro
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To: walford
I wonder what Michael's having for dinner?
7 posted on 10/17/2003 12:22:08 PM PDT by Roscoe
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To: walford
Can any legal eagle explain in plain English this legal maneuver to us, non-lawyers?
8 posted on 10/17/2003 12:22:19 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: walford
Maybe Ross Perot can organize another posse like he did in Iran.
9 posted on 10/17/2003 12:23:44 PM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: walford
Michael Schiavo is on Schindler's list, the "s" list, that is.
10 posted on 10/17/2003 12:25:50 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: walford; joanie-f; Dukie; Squantos; Travis McGee
If it were my daughter (and I have three of them in their twenties), and I was as convinced as her parents are that Terri is aware of her surroundings and wanting to live, and the son-in-law had already taken up with another woman and had kids by her and clearly cares not a whit about Terri's life...I know what I would be doing/considering.

Underground railroad to safety and a place that could keep her fed...and then I would personally be the one that took the risk to get my daughter out of there...along with any other relatives who would help (and I can tell you I would have two or three of my own brothers, my two sons and some of my wife's family there with me).

I could not sit back and watch the state kill her on behalf of her husband if I had the same feelings that these people have about their daughter. That's what appears to be happening here from the vidoes and the stories I have read. If the husband doesn't care...then by all means, let the parents have their daughter to nuture and care for as long as possible.

The heart of these people have grown cold and callous IMHO, to allow this.

God bless Terri...may He either preserve her by His matchless Arm...or may she be taken home to Him, far away from the evil and manipulators of this world that have so cruelly used her for money.

Jeff

11 posted on 10/17/2003 12:28:00 PM PDT by Jeff Head
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To: stanz
The governor has been sympathetic to the Schindler's efforts block their daughter's death, but has said he has yet to find a legal means to override court rulings that allow Michael Schiavo to disconnect the feeding tube.

The governor is a coward!!

12 posted on 10/17/2003 12:29:08 PM PDT by jellybean ( :))
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To: walford
Who would take care of Teri after her parents passed, if they were to get guardianship? Would she just be a ward of the state?
13 posted on 10/17/2003 12:31:11 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: jellybean
Why are all the judges in collusion?
14 posted on 10/17/2003 12:31:16 PM PDT by stanz (Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
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To: jellybean
The governor is a coward!!

What do you propose he do? The legal "briefs" I've seen don't amount to the value of the paper they're printed on.

I like the "go in and get her" option. But the Governor can't do that.

15 posted on 10/17/2003 12:33:02 PM PDT by IMRight
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To: IMRight
Removing her feeding tubes, in my opinion, is homicide.
16 posted on 10/17/2003 12:35:50 PM PDT by Sangria
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To: Roscoe
I wonder if our DC FReepers friends could spare a especially prepared plate of crow for Mr. Shiavo???
17 posted on 10/17/2003 12:36:59 PM PDT by conservativeammom
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To: Semper Paratus
Perot was staunchly pro-abortion as was (is) Mrs. Perot. I don't know how far he would go to support of euthanasia, however.
18 posted on 10/17/2003 12:37:13 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: walford
The suggestion [on another thread] of having Jessica Lynch go down there sounds interesting. The suggestion that her rescuers sounds even more interesting.

You forgot Jessie Jackson. [sarc]

19 posted on 10/17/2003 12:38:37 PM PDT by Cold Heat ("It is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other." [Samuel Clemens, on lawyers])
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To: walford
The way I understand it is that Terri's ex-husband has stated that he doesn't want to be he caregiver. Shouldn't her parents then take over that role? If he doesn't want anything more to do with her then he should just leave her alone.
20 posted on 10/17/2003 12:39:19 PM PDT by lelio
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