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Judge Who Ordered Euthanasia of Terri Schiavo Retires
LifeNews.com ^ | January 3, 2011 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 01/03/2011 10:37:07 AM PST by julieee

Judge Who Ordered Euthanasia of Terri Schiavo Retires

St. Petersburg, FL -- The Florida state judge who allowed the former husband of disabled patient Terri Schiavo to take her life by depriving her of food and water, has retired from the bench.

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/03/judge-who-ordered-euthanasia-of-terri-schiavo-retires

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: euthanasia; goodriddance; greer; judge; judicialhomicide; prolife; retires; terrischiavo
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To: surroundedbyblue

“What the hell does that have to do with anything?”

Because under Florida law he had a say in her care. Certainly the judge could have removed her from under his influence but he chose not to do that.

My argument is not ridiculous. I stated a fact that the judge made the decision he did because of the request of a person with the right legal status.

I did NOT say I agree with it. It was murder.


41 posted on 01/03/2011 11:58:39 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: surroundedbyblue

A husband requested his wife be killed by depriving her of water. The Judge wrote the order. The hospice carried it out. The county police forces prevented the woman’s own beloved parents and siblings from providing her life care. At direct threat of force.

In the murder of Terri Schindler hundreds are direct accomplices.

You are right, any argument that says “proper process was followed” is ridiculous. Not only ridiculous — it is evil.


42 posted on 01/03/2011 12:02:08 PM PST by bvw
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To: All

Is he retired because FL has a mandatory judicial retirement of age of 70?

Is he now going to work on the forclosure rocket dockets and kick people out of their homes?


43 posted on 01/03/2011 12:11:57 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: julieee

This guy is piece of rotting excrement who deserves the same “treatment” that he forced upon Terri. Bob


44 posted on 01/03/2011 12:11:57 PM PST by alstewartfan ("Only in the darkest places will she feel at home tonight." from Mixed Blessing by Al Stewart)
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To: DManA

Just like Pontius Pilate.


45 posted on 01/03/2011 12:15:16 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: julieee
Judge Who Ordered Euthanasia ASSASSINATION of Terri Schiavo Retires

There... fixed the title for them.

46 posted on 01/03/2011 12:17:07 PM PST by JDoutrider
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To: bvw; surroundedbyblue
You are right, any argument that says “proper process was followed” is ridiculous. Not only ridiculous — it is evil.

Terri Schiavo was the first person ordered executed by an American judge without the benefit of a trial by jury which is MANDATED in the Constitution before someone can be put to death.

Greer was nothing more than a probate judge, he had no business being involved in the case to begin with. Terri was murdered by judicial order and Greer, Bush and Crist all have her blood on their hands. At one point Bush had dispatched the state police, but he backed down because he didn't want a confrontation.

Congress dropped the ball too, a subpeona was issued for Terri to appear and they did nothing when Greer wouldn't allow it. Congress had every right to order federal marshalls to take Terri into custody to comply with the subpeona.

47 posted on 01/03/2011 12:17:23 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: driftdiver

There IS a higher law, and it is a tragic quirk of law and fate that the remarried monster Michael Schiavo still had power over Terri’s life. For this Hitleresque creep Greer to have allowed the torture killing OVER the return of Terri to her real family is a human atrocity of the first order. Bob


48 posted on 01/03/2011 12:18:16 PM PST by alstewartfan ("Only in the darkest places will she feel at home tonight." from Mixed Blessing by Al Stewart)
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To: Moonman62
"I think they both took extraordinary measures. What else could they have legally done? "

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Used their bully pulpit.

Executive order.

Civil disobedience.

49 posted on 01/03/2011 12:29:23 PM PST by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: srweaver

“If the house called America is to stand, she must return to her foundation, and “we the people” must replace those who constitute the pillars of our government with decent (moral) people who actually believe in and will support and defend God given rights and liberties, NOT erode them through government power grabs.”

Amen, bubba.


50 posted on 01/03/2011 12:31:19 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: alstewartfan

Just because its ‘legal’ doesn’t mean its moral or right.

One of Terry’s lawyers spoke at my church. He indicated he witnessed her respond to her parents.

He also described the painful process by which she was killed.

We put people in jail for treating dogs better than she was treated.


51 posted on 01/03/2011 12:31:43 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: bvw

“You are right, any argument that says “proper process was followed” is ridiculous. Not only ridiculous — it is evil.”

That is NOT what I said and DAMN you for calling me evil.


52 posted on 01/03/2011 12:33:07 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: wagglebee

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Americans took back our government, and prosecuted all those involved in Terri’s murder?


53 posted on 01/03/2011 12:35:59 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: bvw

There was no murder. There was a long drawn out suicide


54 posted on 01/03/2011 12:43:29 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
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To: BykrBayb
The think that's so maddening about Terri's murder is that so many people who had the authority to actually save her ACTED like they fully intended to save her and then at the last minute they just threw up their hands.
55 posted on 01/03/2011 12:43:58 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: bert

You seem to be confused. He didn’t order his own extermination. He ordered the murder of someone else. If he denies himself food and water until death, that will be suicide. We haven’t seen him do that. I’d settle for video.


56 posted on 01/03/2011 12:50:32 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: driftdiver

I did not damn you.


57 posted on 01/03/2011 12:53:48 PM PST by bvw
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To: wagglebee

If they hadn’t pretended they were going to save her, someone else might have actually saved her.


58 posted on 01/03/2011 12:55:04 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

That would be a sign of moral sanity.


59 posted on 01/03/2011 12:59:42 PM PST by bvw
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To: BykrBayb
I think Jeb believed that TRYING to save her might make him a pro-life hero and help get him elected president, if that's the case he really miscalculated.
60 posted on 01/03/2011 1:03:06 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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