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To: phenn; floriduh voter

Do we have confirmation of this yet?


1,344 posted on 03/03/2005 2:17:32 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Ohioan from Florida

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/11043552.htm

Judge agrees to public access to DCF petition in Schiavo case

Associated Press



TAMPA, Fla. - A judge Thursday agreed to make public a court document filed by the state's social agency seeking intervention in the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case.

A newspaper and television station had sued to gain access to the petition filed by the Department of Children & Families that attorneys say seeks to delay removal of the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube while the agency investigates allegations of abuse by her husband.

Circuit Judge George Greer said he would make the document available Friday.

DCF attorneys argued to keep the petition sealed, citing a need to protect the privacy of witnesses even if they are not named in the petition.

An attorney for the media outlets argued that the public has a right to scrutinize the DCF's actions in the high-profile case.

Terri Schiavo, 41, is at the center of a life-or-death legal battle between her husband and parents. She suffered severe brain damage 15 years ago, and Michael Schiavo has been trying for years to remove the feeding tube keeping her alive.

Greer has ordered the feeding tube removed March 18.


1,352 posted on 03/03/2005 2:23:49 PM PST by phenn (http://www.terrisfight.org)
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