Posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:24 AM PDT by NYer
TAMPA BAY, August 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ten year-old Joshua Heldreth, the eldest of eight children, was arrested on Good Friday of this year for trespassing while attempting to bring a drink of water to Miss Terri Schaivo. Days later Schiavo died of intentional dehydration. In court Joshua pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 hours of community service and ordered to write an apology for his actions.
The boy whose arrest photo was splashed on front pages of newspapers across the nation wrote in his apology letter, "I was arrested on Good Friday for trespassing on the hospice center's property . . . Not giving Mrs. Shiavo (sic) food or water was wrong. The reason I had to go on your property was because Jesus would do the same thing. It made me sad that she was so thirsty and it made Jesus sad too. I knew she would die without water and I am called by Jesus to be a defender of the defenceless. So I had to go on your property to try to bring her a drink."
Joshua added, "I am sorry that you didn't like that and wouldn't allow me to help save her life and one day you will have to tell God why. I won't be able to help you then like I tried to help her. I will pray for you every day . . ."
LifeSiteNews.com caught up with Joshua's father Scott Heldreth today. Scott told LifeSiteNews.com he is very proud of his son. "My son has amazed me through this whole thing," said Heldreth. The proud father said it was his son's own initiative to attempt to give the starving woman a glass of water, and despite the warning of his parents that he'd be arrested, the boy insisted. "He was the one who begged us to go down, because he wanted to give her a glass of water . . . We explained that police will never let you help . . . you'll be arrested, but he went anyways."
Pro-life leader Rev. Flip Benham of Operation Save America told LifeSiteNews.com that the whole pro-life movement shares Heldreth's pride in his son. Benham recalls the reaction of Heldreth on Good Friday as he watched his son being arrested: "When that all took place Scott was weeping, this father was weeping tears of joy seeing his son not only talk the Christian talk but walk the walk."
While the apology letter has been submitted, Heldreth told LifeSiteNews.com he's not completely sure it will be accepted.
See Joshua's full handwritten apology letter here:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005_docs/JoshuaApolog...
I wish there was a web site w/dirt on Whittemore. He's federal so he's probably getting more legal and other cover than he gave Terri. He's still a criminal under Florida law for withholding hydration and nutrition and that has nothing to do with the paperwork from the US Congress and the President. It's a CRIMINAL FELONY under the Fla Statutes to do what ALL THE JUDGES DID TO TERRI. Whittemore directly withheld it. Greer directly ordered it cut off to begin with. ODDS ON BOTH OF THEM BURNING IN HELL?
I lost my toolbar for my IP. It's looking awfully primitive on my monitor. I hope it's a temporary deal.
"Louisiana saw what Florida had done and they have a law against Terri type murders. Stop Terri type murders in your state. That's a quick way to put it."
Great idea. We all need to call our state senators and assemblypersons and tell them to adopt the Louisiana law in our state.
It wouldn't hurt to write a letter to the editor, and/or calling a talk show, and ask others to join us in this battle to save innocent lives by calling their state reps.
We are moving towards a dictatorship of judges.
Missouri's Medicaid won't pay for feeding tubes, etc.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/emaf.nsf/Popup?ReadForm&db=stltoday%5Cnews%5Cstories.nsf&docid=A89F32CB8BAD093F8625706E003235D6
This is disgusting. I first found this piece on WesleyJSmith.com. Go to his blog for his take.
That is disgusting.
"We are moving towards a dictatorship of judges."
I think we are already there when a president and governor can't control them (or won't).
Website to Educate About Brain-Injured Scott Thomas' Fight for Life Investigation of Thomas' wife being cause of accident
JACKSONVILLE, Fl, Sept. 8 -- On the one year anniversary of the accident that left Jacksonville's Scott Thomas seriously brain-injured, a new website was announced for the purpose of educating interested people about Scott's situation and assisting in raising funds in his defense. The website can be found at www.scottsfight.com. Excerpt..
I thought STATE SPONSORED MURDER was kinduv catchy....
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No. Pinellas County is so cheap, they use artificial vultures.
However they have to use real bats and frogs and spiders in their euthanasia brews. I think Judge Witmoreorless succeeded in funding for real Tampa critters.
First from ProLife Blogs,
And from MichNews...
And from Christian Communication Network...
Jon Eisenberg, who served as one of the lead attorneys on Michael Schiavo's side, exposes the religious Right's strategies and follows the money trail to reveal how they are organized, who is funding the movement, and where we can expect future legal maneuvers to combat the American traditions of autonomy and freedom.
I need to find who was funding me and us so we can all collect the loot. Then I gotta find out who was leading us all. Those meanies hid their money trail from us. /sarcasm> in case anyone wonders.
Sounds like the book will show what turmoil and suffering those in the death profession have to go through just to kill someone legally just to make an honest buck. It is hard work yanking out tubes when the victim fights back. This book is bound to be a best seller fer sure and will show us a thing or two. I can imagine it floating to the top already,
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It was Almighty God who used this child (not his parents) to show the rest of us what real courage and conviction looks like.
Politics had absolutely nothing to do with it...
But I thought I would tell you what happened here in Kansas, slightly related.
I have custody of my 13-year-old grandson --- or at least, I thought I did. When I went to the courthouse yesterday, I was told that my guardianship had been terminated because I had not filled out the yearly reports for 2 years. Now I have to re-file.
From what I heard MS had not filed these yearly reports and Florida never blinked.
I hope someone is monitoring the police investigation which was slow in starting.
We can ask if authorities are willing to cover up all the facts here too, just to ensure the death professionals win again.
Now if we could only matchmake and get Liza to hook up with Michael, and stand back, the match would be made in Hev....no, He....errr, some place hot.
The website is compelling. Here it is again. I hope it gets lots of views.Scott's Website
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