[adgirl]

I concur. The Schlinders attorneys were not as experienced as the Death Squad, but what bugs me is that it seemed like the standards of evidence were raised when the Schlinders wanted something entered in to evidence, but Schiavo's group got to enter hearsay (is that how you spell it?) into evidence on a life a death matter. I don't even think you could settle a small claims court matter using hearsay. The problem is that a matter like this should be tried in front of a jury not a judge!

[AnnOutragedCitizen]

The problem is that a matter like this should be tried in front of a jury not a judge!

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True, but like everything else, that request was also thrown out. (If I remember right, the Schindlers lawyers filed too late on their request. But, whatever happened, they made the request and it was denied.)

[T'wit]

I don't think the quality of the Schindler lawyers had any effect whatsoever on the proceedings. Greer simply ruled against everything that favored Terri. Period. The Schindlers could have been represented by Clarence Darrow, Daniel Webster, Oliver Wendell Holmes and the whole OJ defense team, and they still wouldn't have scored a point.

P.S. I think Pat Anderson did a tremendous job.