[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

[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?

[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.

[millefleur]

. 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.

perhaps, someone was bought off low in this chain and it has been covered up all the way to the top...? I'm sure this has been discussed but I missed those posts. I wonder if someone outside this Pinellas County area could use state law to demand investigation for physical abuse by the husband or at least a thorough autopsy before cremation?
please send me a post anyone where this has been discussed because I'd like to read it. thanks.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It'd be more humane to kill her a different way.

[muskogee]

What if Terri had filed for divorce? I am assuming someone could have taped a writing pen to her hand to sign the necessary papers. Would a court have summarily granted the divorce on grounds of adultery? As the law sits in my state, even a so called "vegetable" can get a divorce-- the court appearance can be waived.

[trustandobey]

Can't they find a judge in the middle of the nite the way Reno did? I am so disgusted!

[alancarp]

By my reading of the Florida Statutes, the Governor has the legal authority to issue an Executive Order declaring a state f emergency regarding the imminent threat to the health of a citizen of Florida, and thereby directing the Dept. of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration to solve the emergency -- which can extend for up to 60 days... unless then renewed (by the Governor!)

Obviously, the statutes were written with the expectation that some sort of natural disaster or calamity impacts tens, hundreds, or thousands of Floridians.... however, there is no "count" or indication of "scope" that is required before a state of emergency may be declared.

See Fla. Statutes Chapter 252 (emergency management; http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=CH0252/Sec36.HTM) . The Governors emergency management powers are defined in 252.36.

[isrul]

I read something in the Florida constitution that the governor has the power to intervene to protect persons, property etc. in an emergency. Terri is a person. This is an emergency. He is free to exercise his executive powers as he believes is appropriate. That is not against the law even it is not in agreement with a court ruling. I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that the courts have the final say in anything. This even applies to the Supreme Court. Abraham Lincoln ingnored their ruling as did WJC. That just about covers the full spectrum of morality. If , after the governor takes executive action, I belive there are remedies in the legislature (impeachment, for one) and also the people may remedy it by voting him out of office. Either remedy is OK by because by the time they could be implementd tht Schindlers could have absconded Terri out of harms way to a safe haven. It's not a question of legal authority. It's a question of will.

[sweetliberty]

"both the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Pinellas County State Attorney's Office have declined to investigate such allegations."

What is wrong with this picture???? There is evidence for crying out loud! And they won't even consider it??? Law enforcement went after Scott Peterson on less.