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If she was no longer able to communicate then the last stated wishes (or ones made up by her legal and lawful husband as the case may be) are the only things a judge can go by. You are to easy to figure out.

What else did the judge have to go on but Michaels statement that Terry had told him? the "other witness" was rightly or wrongly assumed to be telling a lie, and you have the husband who is legally presumed to have his wife's best interests at heart. The law was written assuming the spouse would be a true and honest witness as to the wishes of the individual in question.

Michael did not live up to expectations, but that is not necessarily the judges fault. If the judge had a reasonable access to information that showed Michael was indeed not doing what was in Terri's interest, then he should have acted on that to the fullest extent of the law, but It is my opinion and desire that Judges not make law from the bench.

Easy to figure out? I would hope so, I am a conservative who wants my right to not be kept alive indefinitely, to be respected. I want the rule of law to be respected. I have said it before, if the law was wrong, then fix the law...

Show me where the law demands an innocent woman be put to death by starvation/dehydration without benefit of a jury, and I’ll show you where the law is wrong. The truth is, the law was not adhered to. If it had been, Terri would be alive today, and probably capable of even more than she was after years of illegal neglect. If this is important enough to you to push your opinion, then it’s important enough for you to know the facts. Read through the threads, and you’ll discover there were countless laws broken in pursuit of Terri’s death. Judge Greer even announced in court that the law was Terri would die, regardless of any evidence yet to be presented. Show me that law. There is no such law. The well documented fact that the laws were not enforced doesn’t mean we need more laws to ignore. If the laws on the books had been followed to the letter (as you claim you would want) then Terri would not have been killed. If the laws against starving and dehydrating people to death aren’t sufficient, what would you add to the new law to make it more binding than the old law? “We really, really mean it this time?”