[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Starving and dehydrating an otherwise healthy patient who has close relatives willing and able to care for them is despicable and evil.

You say Terri wanted to be starved to death, but the only one who said so was Michael.

This is the man who was heard by a nurse to say "When is this bitch going to die?"

Now if I believe Michael that Terri said she wanted to be starved to death years after the statement, why shouldn't I believe the nurse days after Michael's statement?

Hearsay works both ways, and that's why it isn't good evidence.

Since Michael's statements are not good evidence, the court should have decided that erring on the side of life was the prudent course.

He parents would have responsibility for her and Michael could be off living his own life.

[AnAmericanMother]

Actually, since Michael Schiavo was a party present before the court and subject to examination, his hearsay statement as reported by the nurse-witness was admissible as a statement of a party-opponent. Also as an admission against interest.

[tioga]

There is no point in debating these folks. I read too many posts of joyous celebration that this poor woman was starved to death. It is sickening. God will be their judge; I suspect it won't be pretty.