Posted on 03/14/2005 4:55:10 PM PST by freeholland
A spokesman for the family of Terri Schindler Schiavo said Thursday the Florida judge presiding over her case "ignores the state's laws and orders the premeditated killing of a disabled Florida woman by her husband."
Pamela Hennessy, media director for the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, in a press release Thursday called on disability and eldercare advocates to press for Circuit Judge George Greer's "immediate impeachment."
"If there is a single person following this who doesn't believe Judge Greer has legislated from the bench, trampled Florida's laws and deprived Terri Schiavo of her retained rights, they are simply not paying attention," Hennessy said in a statement.
According to the foundation's press release, on Tuesday and Wednesday Greer issued three orders that the foundation said all but assures Schiavo's death. First, Greer ordered that the family may not introduce oral nutrition and hydration following the removal of Terri's gastric feeding tube.
The foundation pointed out that Florida Statute 744.3215 (Rights of Persons Determined Incapacitated) requires that incapacitated people cannot be deprived of food and water.
"Ordering that Terri Schiavo may not receive nutrition or hydration naturally is against the law, in the opinion of the Foundation," it said in a statement.
Second, according to the foundation, Greer ruled that no further neurological tests may be conducted on Terri, using functional MRI to determine if she is in a "persistent vegetative state," as Greer found in 2002, or if Terri is "minimally conscious."
The foundation pointed out that Florida Statute 765.404, which defines persistent vegetative state, requires that the condition be determined and diagnosed as permanent prior to the withdrawal of life-prolonging means. Also, Florida Statute 765.309 prevents mercy killing and assisted suicide.
The foundation unless the "true neurological condition of Terri Schiavo" is determined prior to the removal of the feeding tube, Greer's order amounts to "a directive for her guardian to commit either a mercy killing or assisted suicide."
And third, "Greer denied an order from a judgment based on his error in dismissing pertinent testimony in 2000 that would assist the court in determining Terri Schiavo's true end of life wishes," the foundation added.
It pointed to Florida Statute 765.404, which says clear and convincing evidence of the ward's intent for medical treatment must be established.
"The only evidence in support of removing Terri's feeding tube was the self-serving hearsay testimony of her guardian (which is not admissible under FS 90.602) and hearsay from two members of his immediate family," the foundation said.
"Greer systematically ruled that testimony from Terri's friends and family was unreliable or not credible. His failure to consider all evidence of Terri Schiavo's attitude towards life-prolonging measures, in the Foundation's opinion, is a clear violation of Florida Statutes," it concluded.
See Earlier Story:
http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\\Culture\\archive\\200503\\CUL20050303b.html
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Come on Florida! What are you waiting for?!
how many petitions are being circulated for this? We need to get them listed here.
New thread...Same as the old thread.
"...press for Circuit Judge George Greer's 'immediate impeachment.'"
Works for me.
If this Republic is to survive, we need to see alot more judges impeached.
"New thread...Same as the old thread."
I don't think this article has already been posted.
Anyway, thanks for bumping the thread and keeping hope alive.
Praying for Terri.
No kidding, that's what you'd call a "twofer". Save Terri's life and get rid of a liberal judge.
If the situation were only slightly different:
Tracy is an earthquake victim. She was a disabled patient in a hospital that was being evacuated after an earthquake, when an aftershock caused the building to collapse. Tracy's location is known, but getting access to her is very dangerous. We know she is alive and there is a device working that can deliver air and water to her until emergency crews can rescue her.
How many judges would facilitate Tracy's husband in his effort to get court approval to shut off the air and water? Would this even be a topic of media controversy?
If an accident victim is in grave peril lest rescue workers can reach him in time, could anyone get behind a movement to just stop trying to save him?
If Terry Schiavo were an AIDS patient, would she be treated differently by the courts?
If she gets starved to death, our moral sense will have taken a deep dive into a darker, ominous future.
Dear delapaz,
It's AFTER this cockroach is removed from office that the question becomes, what do we do with it?
There is no evidence that there is any intelligence or consciousness present any longer in the husk of the cockroach George Greer. It appears to be in a persistent vegetative state.
I'm thinking, withdraw all nutrition and hydration.
Let's put it out of our misery.
sitetest
God bless Terri nothing else seems to be working,not giving up ,still praying...........................
Like you said, "only slightly different." There really isn't much difference in the situation you described. The reaction some people have is extremely different. We have couple repeat trolls on the Terri threads that would probably want the earthquake survivor to be rescued, but they'll probably throw a party while Terri's being murdered.
Terri may be the catalyst that focuses the citizens' attention on the abuse of power by jurists in our government currently. Impeachment is the only option that will move to correct the problem.
Like the people of California became aware in less than a year and used the Recall to fire Gray Davis, the people of the states and Nation must force legislators to remove these judges, or recall them themselves where possible.
Prayers for Terri, that her sacrifice will not be necessary to save our Republic.
You have more faith in the trolls that I do. I think they would gladly euthanize Tracy as well as Terri. They are just "victims" of our culture of death with no respect for human life, perhaps not even their own.
I know a couple of the repeat trolls have zotted their own loved ones. But I'd like to think they aren't all that evil.
I can't imagine anyone wanting someone so lacking in judgement sitting over their case.
Greer needs to be impeached, whether Terri lives or dies.
His decisions regarding her need to follow him for the rest of his life, I would like to see a billboard with one of his more outrageous quotes put up along a major thoroughfare, and left there until he leaves public life.
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