Judge denies last ditch effort by Schiavo's parents

The St. Petersburg Times ^ | 10/17/2003 | The associated press

[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.

[walford]

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.

[stanz]

ping

[Calpernia]

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?

[BCR #226]

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

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Has the press conference alrady happened. Is this what it was about?

[maestro]

July 8-14, 1933......H and Heinrich Class have spoken.....in stone!

/sarcasm

?...Justice and MERCY?

:-(

[Roscoe]

I wonder what Michael's having for dinner?

[george wythe]

Can any legal eagle explain in plain English this legal maneuver to us, non-lawyers?

[Semper Paratus]

Maybe Ross Perot can organize another posse like he did in Iran.

[Saundra Duffy]

Michael Schiavo is on Schindler's list, the "s" list, that is.

[Jeff Head]

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

[jellybean]

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!!

[TheOtherOne]

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?

[stanz]

Why are all the judges in collusion?

[IMRight]

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.

[Sangria]

Removing her feeding tubes, in my opinion, is homicide.

[conservativeammom]

I wonder if our DC FReepers friends could spare a especially prepared plate of crow for Mr. Shiavo???

[Theodore R.]

Perot was staunchly pro-abortion as was (is) Mrs. Perot. I don't know how far he would go to support of euthanasia, however.

[Cold Heat]

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]

[lelio]

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.