[supercat]

Bob Schindler told me that prior to toward the end of this case he really believed that the legal system was fair and just, and what was morally correct and right would win. The family has had one hell of an education.

Indeed, so have a lot of people.

I think, though, that perhaps too much focus has been put upon euthenasia-related laws, and not enough on laws and rules of judicial procedure. The fact is, it doesn't really matter what the laws say if a judge is willing to make up his own rules and can act as "gatekeeper" for all matters relating to a case.

My suspicion is that rules which were put in place to prevent "judge shopping" have instead made judge shopping more difficult for honest attourneys but far more profitable for dishonest ones. Perhaps these rules need to be revisited.

[Graymatter]

Like many another, had I known of this earlier, I could have convinced the Schindlers that the legal system does not always deliver what is morally correct and just. I'd be dead myself if I'd had only the law to protect me.
It took individuals who had caring hearts, moral courage and common decency to save me. And they knew they were outside the law. One was a judge---hundreds of miles from his bench, unpaid, a stranger. There are such people.
If I were physically able to be one of them, no law would stop me. I know firsthand that the law is only a weapon, morally nothing without reference to the hand wielding it.