I would assume that none of them have seen her in person. You don't seem to fully grasp how our justice system works. The appelate judge rules on the facts set before him. If the judge feels it is necarsary to call an additional witness he can do so.(no judge has felt compelled to do so) If the judge feels that video is not an adequate forum for him to assess the situation he can order another means of observation.(no judge has felt compelled to do so)
The law in Florida says that the spouse makes the decision in a case like this. The parents sued to have this changed, they fought for fifteen years in many different courts and before many different judges, everyone one of these judges agreed that Terri did not want to live in a PVS. Her parents then partitioned the legislature of Florida to change the law. This attempt also failed.
Doesn't that seem a little bit unusual, especially since Terri was mobile in 1993 and there's no legitimate reason for her to have become less so. It's not as though she was attached to a roomful of equipment.
You don't seem to fully grasp how our justice system works.
I understand it perfectly.
The appelate judge rules on the facts set before him. If the judge feels it is necarsary to call an additional witness he can do so.(no judge has felt compelled to do so) If the judge feels that video is not an adequate forum for him to assess the situation he can order another means of observation.(no judge has felt compelled to do so)
Yup. Which means that if a trial court judge decides to restrict what gets on the record, no appellate court judge will even know about anything the trial court judge doesn't want them to see.
The law in Florida says that the spouse makes the decision in a case like this.
No, it doesn't. A spouse may have first claim at guardianship, but guardians are required to act in their wards' best interest. Since Michael has consistently failed to do so in many ways, big and small, he is no longer legally eligible to be her guardian. Unfortunately, Greer refuses to hear any challenges to Michael's guardianship nor even force Michael to attend a deposition (which would be one of the first steps of such a challenge).
The parents sued to have this changed, they fought for fifteen years in many different courts and before many different judges, everyone one of these judges agreed that Terri did not want to live in a PVS.
How many of those judges have heard any evidence Greer didn't want them to hear?
Her parents then partitioned the legislature of Florida to change the law. This attempt also failed.
As for the claims Terri is PVS, how much weight should be given to the testimony of a "doctor" who has given a PVS diagnosis to a subject that could maneuver a motorized wheelchair? A PVS diagnosis means nothing more than a failure to find signs of cognition. A doctor who isn't looking very hard for such signs isn't apt to find them.
The doctor from the Mayo Clinic said she is not in a PVS. So who are you going to believe, the doctor or the blind mullah, Greer?