[billbears]

My last statement from that first paragraph.

Although I noticed something I'll address in a moment so that may have been a moot point.

Part of me that desired to have the 'right' thing done, from an emotional standpoint, would have requested the Florida legislature pass a bill explicitly for this case. However as Hamilton points out the legislature should not do so. Pass legislation so that it doesn't happen in the future but not for a specific case that has already been decided. Unfortunately, once the case was decided by Greer or the Florida Supreme Court, according to #81, it was out of the hands of the Florida legislature, not to mention out of the hands of the federal legislature as outlined in #45

And you don't even realize how much it pains me to give Hamilton credit for anything

[Earthdweller]

"Part of me that desired to have the 'right' thing done, from an emotional standpoint, would have requested the Florida legislature pass a bill explicitly for this case. "

This law...that law...nit...pik...when do we get to the heart and common sense part?

[bjs1779]

Part of me that desired to have the 'right' thing done, from an emotional standpoint, would have requested the Florida legislature pass a bill explicitly for this case.

Somewhere, somehow, I am sure the original Constitution covered Terri in its intent. We didn't need to pass any new laws to protect her. It is not an emotional issue with me as far as that goes. All we needed was honest people to judge her crime before they put her to death.