There is one little problem with the pardon situation. Terry has not committed a crime.Only criminals can be pardoned from punishment.
Under the law what is happening to Terry is not punishment. She has not committed a crime.
Terry is under the control of a guardian. Here guardian is her husband. No President or Govenror has the power to appoint or remove a guardian. Only Judges can do that. No president or Govenor has the power to overrule the decision of a guardian. Only the courts have the power to remove or over turn the decision of a guardian.
Her husband got the courts to give him the power kill her. He is exercising that power.
A pardon has no meaning in this case. One can't pardon someone who has never been convicted of a crime.
When our nation was founded the power over our lives were put into the hands of the judges. That is how our nation works. You may not like it, but kings and dictators have always had control over subjects life and death. The one thing our founders demanded was that our constitution not give the power of life and death to the president or any governor.
Didn't the INS decide that Elian's bio-father was his guardian? ...And the courts deferred to that?
I hear what you are saying but it holds no water with me. We are starving a woman to death and making her parents stand there helplessly and watch. There is no reason why President Bush can not put her under protective custody until the courts do their thing. If Terri is not a criminal than what has she done to deserve an execution? Again, what is my son fighting for? I was at one time very proud to be an American but I can not say that now. I can't believe with all the great legal minds they can not devise a way to save this woman and that the liberal judges have full control. It has been proven over and over and over that Terri has been ramroded and yet we can not do anything???? It is time for the Republican Party to get their act together or we need to seriously think about starting a new political party that believes in life.