#1283 On target. The image comes to mind of judicial pharisees arguing their legalisms and legislative and executive Pontius Pilates washing their hands and thinking that they are thereby bear no guilt.
And no, I don't equate Terri with our Lord, but some human situations repeat themselves again and again throughout history.
They all bare the guilt of her death. Only living in denial of the part they played in her murder will serve them. "They could have", that will be the millstone around their necks.