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To: pa mom

Judge Greer apparently did follow the law. That is what the appeals courts all ruled.

The appeals courts did not review the "facts" in the case, they just determined that Judge Greer followed the law in determining the "facts."

That law is, I believe, one that should be changed by legislative action. In life and death cases, where there is controversy, the determination of "facts" should not be at the discretion of any single individual. Rather, the facts should be determined by a jury of dispassionate, uninvolved citizens, under the customary rules of evidence.

Had this approach been followed in Terri's case, there is a strong possibility that many of the inconsistencies in the record would have been weighted differently than they were in Judge Greer's sole determination.


21 posted on 04/04/2005 8:31:07 AM PDT by LOC1
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To: LOC1
Judge Greer apparently did follow the law.

Using heresay evidence as fact in a life and death trial does not seem to be 'following the law'?????

386 posted on 04/06/2005 4:45:15 AM PDT by eeriegeno
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