Prosecutor: No criminality in Schiavo collapse. Bush ends inquiry

Bradenton Herald ^ | Thu, Jul. 07, 2005 | DAVID ROYSE

[EllaMinnow]

"It is obvious to us that there is no possibility of proving that anyone's criminal act was responsible for Mrs. Schiavo's collapse."

[PhiKapMom]

You are probably wasting your time posting this -- people on here will never believe there wasn't something criminal -- some have lost all common sense on a number of issues.

BTW, I did not agree with withdrawing food and water or her husband being her guardian under the circumstances.

[Humidston]

I want to read Mark Fuhrman's book.

[Halls]

You should, it is great.

[coloradan]

There's a great gulf between believing that a criminal act occurred, and being able to prove it in court beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt. In other words, it is possible to believe that someone can get away with murder, as might well have happened here.

[Misterioso]

I looked for a reference to Mark Fuhrman's new book, in vain.

[EllaMinnow]

I looked for a reference to Mark Fuhrman's new book, in vain.

Good.

[KDD]

I know.

But it needed to be posted.

[Sacajaweau]

I'm trying to figure out how hubby would have ever known that she would not recover from her state when he called 9-11. If you can convince me of that, I'd say there was a possible criminal act.

[PhiKapMom]

I agree with you 100%!

[SedVictaCatoni]

and being able to prove it in court beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt

The burden of proof for a criminal charge is "beyond a reasonable doubt", not "beyond the shadow of a doubt" or "beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt."

[unbalanced but fair]

I looked for a reference to Mark Fuhrman's new book, in vain.

Why would you do that?

[nothingnew]

"Based on your conclusions, I will follow your recommendation that the inquiry by the state be closed," Bush said in a two-sentence response to McCabe.

Looks like a one sentence response to me...was there another sentence? What was it?

FMCDH(BITS)

[Cicero]

The evidence was cremated.

[joesnuffy]

[sirthomasthemore]

In 1992, he went to court and received a settlement for Terri's rehabilitation. Then, still in 1992, he melted down ALL her jewelry and had her cats put to sleep.

If the Court and the insurance company had both decided she could still be rehabilitated in 1992, why would he melt down her wedding ring and kill her cats?

I can't come up with an explanation other than that he really despised her, and was and is, at heart, a sadistic sociopath.

However, perhaps someone has a different explanation. And, as always, I do keep an open mind. So, I would welcome any different interpretation of the facts cited above.

Thanks


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Clean your muskets and sharpen your pitchforks and get ready to ride to the sound of the guns.(KELO) :o}-

Dems, hello??? We could get out of Vietnam; we can’t GET OUT of terrorism.

[Petronski]

There oughta be a law...

[jayhorn]

***NEWS FLASH***

The crime we need to worry about happened in 2005. And it happened in Tallahassee and, to a lesser extent, Washington, D.C.

But we can count on the GOP to change the law and appoint judges who will protect life, so Terri did not die in vain.

I don't know whether to laugh at that last thought or cry.

[KDD]

McCabe said there must be some fact or evidence indicating a criminal act caused the death to open a full homicide investigation in his office.

"A review of the available records, including Dr. Thogmartin's report, reveals no 'facts' or 'evidence' that indicate a criminal act ... was causative of Mrs. Schiavo's collapse or subsequent death," McCabe wrote. "There are several hypothetical theories that could be advanced, but I have concluded, though not with reasonable certainty, that the most likely hypothesis for the cause of her collapse was the one advanced during the 1992 malpractice litigation, i.e. an eating disorder.

Bernie must not have gotten the memo.