[Modernman]

Juries are required in cases where the state may order death. This was one of those cases.

The state was not ordering death. It was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed.

[lugsoul]

Facts, shmacts.

[Cboldt]

It [the state] was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed.

Not exactly. The statutes and case file make the actual legal framework clear. Oh, the guardian never has the power to cause death. That power is the patient's *only*. In this case, and all other like it (Cruzan comes to mind), the courts endeavor to find and implement the patient's wishes.

[jwalsh07]

The state was not ordering death. It was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed

Sorry, you are woefully misinformed.

[Darksheare]

"The state was not ordering death."

Funny, Terri is dead, isn't she?

[DJ MacWoW]

The state was not ordering death. It was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed.

Then you never listened to Felos on TV. He stated that the court ORDERED the feeding tube removed.

[Politicalmom]

Tell that to Greer. He is the one who yelled from the bench that the law was Terri was going to die.

[Proud Conservative2]

"The state was not ordering death. It was simply determining whether TS's legal guardian had the power to order her feeding tube removed."

The judge ordered her to have NO FOOD or HYDRATION! What do YOU think that means?????? If he ordered you no food or hydration, you would die. Removing the feed tube would not necessarily killer her, removing all food and hydration did! The state ordered her long, slow, cruel death.