Great responses in 602! So many of the kill-Terri contingent like to accuse the other side of undue emotionalism and rigid religiosity, but then they employ those very tactics. The biggest religious nut in this whole sordid affair is Felos. But I guess being some weird mix of newage/occultism is more acceptable than Christianity.
Exactly. Scratch just a little bit below the surface of the pro-killers, and eventually for 2/3 of them it'll come out that the main reason they think it was ok to kill her is some made-up metaphysical gobbledygook such as "her Soul is gone already" that may as well have come from some Shirley MacLaine book.
Needless to say, that sort of consideration isn't exactly solidly based in legalisms and constitutional law, but I guarantee you that it's the type of.. sentiment that contributed to the pro-killing support being as high as it was. Not that I think there's anything wrong with making up one's own metaphysics about "souls" and all that, but using one's private fever-dream to label other people as kill-worthy is a dangerous game. And being lectured by the very same people about the need to adhere to strict legalisms, just takes the cake for me.