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Media Denied Access to Schiavo DCF Records (Greer Strikes again)
AP ^ | 1 Apr 05

Posted on 04/01/2005 3:20:43 PM PST by Alissa

Summaries of state Department of Children & Families investigations into the treatment Terri Schiavo cannot be released to the media, a judge ruled Friday.

Ruling the day after Schiavo died, Circuit Judge George Greer denied a request from the St. Petersburg Times to obtain summaries of dozens of investigations into complaints that Schiavo was being mistreated. None of the allegations were substantiated.

The death of Schiavo, 41, ended a gut-wrenching court battle between her husband, Michael Schiavo, and parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, over whether she would have wanted to live in a persistent vegetative state.

Greer ruled the records belong to DCF, and although her husband can have access to them the records cannot be distributed publicly. The agency did not want the records released, saying it would hamper an ongoing investigation.

A separate, similar motion filed by Media General, parent company of The Tampa Tribune, is scheduled for Monday.

The repeated allegations of abuse were based partly on bone scans showing Terri Schiavo suffered fractures and statements she made to family and friends that she was unhappy in her marriage. Michael Schiavo has denied harming his wife and his lawyer said bone fractures resulted from osteoporosis caused by the woman's years of immobility and complications of her medication.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: allhailpopegreer; allterriallthetime; anotherterrithread; enoughalready; giveitarest; greer; greeriscomplicit; shesaliveinchristjim; shesdeadjim; terripalooza
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I know this was posted earlier under a different title. This county needs to shine some light on the facts instead of hiding and covering up everything.
1 posted on 04/01/2005 3:20:44 PM PST by Alissa
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To: Alissa

Looks like a CYA move.


2 posted on 04/01/2005 3:22:28 PM PST by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Alissa

Pinellas County seems ripe for an investigation.


3 posted on 04/01/2005 3:22:42 PM PST by Paladin2 (Don't Tread on Me; Live Free or Die)
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To: Alissa

How can he order records other than court records sealed? And why?


5 posted on 04/01/2005 3:24:45 PM PST by johnb838 (Blessed Are The Dead, Who Die In The Lord, For They Rest From Their Labors.)
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To: Paladin2

They can't, JudgenFuhrer Greer sprach "Nein"!


6 posted on 04/01/2005 3:25:33 PM PST by johnb838 (Blessed Are The Dead, Who Die In The Lord, For They Rest From Their Labors.)
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How can he order records other than court records sealed?

Didn't you get the memo?

Because he's GOD.

7 posted on 04/01/2005 3:25:47 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (one nation. playing God. divisible.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Can we hold off on the nuke until my Mom moves out?


8 posted on 04/01/2005 3:26:22 PM PST by Mr. Jazzy (It sucks to be liberal Democrat. Ask Monica Lewinski.)
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To: Alissa

"The agency did not want the records released, saying it would hamper an ongoing investigation."

Did I miss something? What "ongoing investigation" and if it isn't of the criminal persuasion, then why on earth would they not want these records released. That is, unless they have something to hide.


9 posted on 04/01/2005 3:28:17 PM PST by LibSnubber (liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
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To: LibSnubber

They have to stall until the Statute of Limitations takes effect -- then they don't have to bother prosecuting Slicko.


10 posted on 04/01/2005 3:34:56 PM PST by Ed_in_NJ (Who killed Suzanne Coleman?)
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To: Alissa

So the records did belong with DCF and they have control of them. I can't tell you how many people told me that DCF didn't have her records and they found that suspicious.

Yet another urban legend debunked.


11 posted on 04/01/2005 3:36:01 PM PST by Peach
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To: Ed_in_NJ
Greer's a little Eichmann, short and stout;
Here is his handle, here is his spout.
When he gets all steamed up, hear him shout...
Terri is over, nothing will get out.
12 posted on 04/01/2005 3:38:01 PM PST by ReadyNow
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To: Alissa

But DCF is one of the "good guys"


13 posted on 04/01/2005 3:38:24 PM PST by neutrality
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To: johnb838

Pinellas County Medical Examiner:
" Wow. This was so easy. I kept Dr. Cyril H. Wecht away from the post
and simply used Terri's official Pinellas County Autopsy report
which Judge Greer gave me last week.
Let me assure you that Judge Greer's report
which was written BEFORE he began shredding the records
says absolutely positively nothing about abuse.
Everything was normal. AOK. Honest.
"

14 posted on 04/01/2005 3:38:56 PM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: Mr. Jazzy
If you can get mom out of there promptly, adjustments can be made.

(Just don't let the Scientologists find out about the uke-nay.)

15 posted on 04/01/2005 3:40:24 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (one nation. playing God. divisible.)
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Amazing, isn't it, when the fog clears?

They're over on the autopsy thread weaving the poor ME into The Conspiracy. If you want to know what the autopsy report is going to say, you can go over there and read it. A regular bunch of Quincy's we have here on FR.

16 posted on 04/01/2005 3:41:34 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Pull up a chair and watch history being made.)
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To: Trust but Verify

And if the report comes out and agrees with the Quincy's on FR you will acknowledge that won't you?


17 posted on 04/01/2005 3:43:19 PM PST by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
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Call me a skeptic....but I don't think Florida's DCF folks are all that competent to begin with. If foster children can disappear....I'm sure losing some records is easy peasy.


18 posted on 04/01/2005 3:48:12 PM PST by TNdandelion
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To: Alissa
The agency did not want the records released, saying it would hamper an ongoing investigation.

translation = MSM in bidding war

19 posted on 04/01/2005 3:49:05 PM PST by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: TXBubba

I can guarantee you the report will not say what the Quincy's want it to say. The ME is a professional and will not jump to the wild conclusions that have been jumped to by the Quincy's.


20 posted on 04/01/2005 3:49:43 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Pull up a chair and watch history being made.)
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