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Posted on 02/28/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by floriduh voter
Terri is the only person in the USA who has had a state court require her to "honor" her marriage vows! The people apparently cannot fathom the hypocrisy of the court's "reasoning."
Thanks, OfF ... Perhaps FV can pull this out of the proper hat, but she's been missing from the Forum for two days now.
With God's grace, I'm hoping for a lot of finger pointing with accountability.
Let's FReep them! Can someone get a few contacts pulled together and then I can ping the list? This is another great idea.
New motions in Terri Schiavo case could nudge judge to void original order
Greer asked to admit mistake in Quinlan related testimony, consider new medical advances
Florida Baptist Witness, March 5, 2005
http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/3953.article
Excerpts
CLEARWATER (FBW)-Challenging a judges ruling whether there was clear and convincing evidence Terri Schiavo would not have wanted to live in her state, attorneys Mar. 4 won a small victory when Sixth Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer scheduled an expedited Mar. 8 hearing on that matter and another related to Terris medical condition.
What we are asking the court to do is basically admit a huge mistake was made, attorney David W. Gibbs told Florida Baptist Witness Mar. 5. We are asking Judge Greer to do what is the only noble and right thing.
The motion asserts the court ruled incorrectly in determining Meyers testimony irrelevant because it based its ruling on the presumption that Quinlan was not alive in 1982 and therefore determined the conversation in question would have taken place before Terri was an adult.
Gibbs said the case is further complicated because its not a criminal case where new evidence would demand a new trial, but its a civil case where there are not a lot of precedents on how you handle the death penalty. For this reason the motion does not ask that Greer void his original order or stay action, but that based on this new evidence, the order be vacated.
With the medical motion are 17 affidavits from neurology and speech specialists from throughout the country who have offered their observations and services, to include the administration of swallowing tests and therapies, MRIs and other diagnostic tests. Many refer to recent gains in the area of understanding and treating brain injuries.
I know I'm having a real hard time making my point.
Maybe if I ask this question.
What does Terri's day consist of? Is someone watching her 24 hours a day to observer what she does?
Does she sleep 8 hours a night then just look around the room the rest of the day when she is awake? Just laying there all day waiting for that brief moment when someone comes in to tend to her for a few moments of external stimulation? What does she do when no one is in the room? The answer is no one knows because no one is there to observer what she does. Like I asked before does someone at least turn the tv on so she has something to occupy her mind or is she just left in a quiet room all by herself with nothing to do but think to herself.
Why DOES she lie there hour after hour with no human contact, when HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER hour after hour, talking, playing music, letting her have other stimulation?
DId you read the narrative from Attorney Weller, who visited Terri on Christmas Eve, explaining how the 6 or so of them were able to visit for 45 minutes, and how Terri seemed a little upset when she realized they were leaving?
WHO limits the visits of the people who love her the most in this world to ONLY 45 MINUTES? Might it not be the very person who wishes her dead?
Rep. Don Davis stated, "I'm convinced that Michael Schiavo wants her [Terri] to die so she won't be rehabilitated to the point where she can become cognizant again and tell us what really happened that evening 15 years ago."
Senator Steve Wise spoke out for Terri during this press conference
Please sign this emergency petition to help save Terri's life. The petition will be delivered this week to Gov Jeb Bush and the Florida legislative leaders.
I hadn't thought of it that way but you are right. The difference I see is that even though a baby can't say I'm conscious they can laugh, giggle, cry, scream make all sorts of verbalizations and movements of all their body parts arms, legs, eyes, head.
Terri can laugh but does she cry or giggle or make all sorts of verbalizations short of actual speach?
She is not able to move other than turning her head and blinking her eyes right? I mean she can't walk or sit up on her own. She can't pick up a pen a write.
We can't actually say whether or not she can think all we can say is that she can speak or write or sign i.e. she can't communicate.
I'm sorry I know I'm still having a hard time making my point.
Excellent poster!
I would imagine she is more than a little upset. She is leterally alone every day for the entire day for how many years now?
With absolutely no stimulation at all. What do people think she does when they are not in the room and talking to her? All she can do is lay there and think to herself. There is no tv to watch or radio to listen to or any stimulation what so ever.
Just her and her mind.
Like I said before I pray to God that she is not able to think to reason to talk to herself.
I'd like to see some photoshop wiz take that pic and replace Greer's head with a kangaroo's head.
Terri bump
When I would click on the submit button after entering name, address and email address, all that is required, actually, after a long time, the screen would show a 'this page is unavailable' notice.
I emailed the home page contact address with my problem and asked that they submit it for me...gave my name, address and again, email. Hope they do. I want to be a part of this.
Terri ping to 2469 & 2472! Please sign the petition if you haven't already done so! Thanks!
If anyone would like to be added to or removed from my Terri ping list, please let me know by FReepmail!
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