This was a probate case. Probate courts don't have jury trials; those are for civil cases.
Certainly the laws need to be changed that in life and death cases, certainly when they are contested, need to be moved to civil court or at least decided by a panel of judges, not just one judge with an obvious agenda.
When they start deciding to issue orders to kill they damn sure ought to have a jury.
Or the judges need to be told in no uncertain terms that such orders are totally out of bounds. Remember - Greer went beyond legitimizing a decision by the Guardian. He ORDERED the Guardian to do it. Big difference. He was completely outside of any rational limit to his authority.
But hey, Greer thinks he's a big man. County judge an' all. Beats being a lousy real estate lawyer. Hey, lookit me, I'm God!
> Probate courts don't have jury trials; those are for civil cases.
Half right. Probate courts don't have jury trials, but are civil law proceedings.
> Certainly the laws need to be changed that in life and death cases, ...
Most definitely.
> ... not just one judge with an obvious agenda.
This JINO (judge in name only as proved by investigation done by theempirejournal.com) could still find himself in a heap more trouble than merely, possibly, finding himself being at least impeached by the Florida legislature. He orchestrated and ordered Terri's execution by his civil order. If sufficient facts are eventually revealed and a suit about Greer lacking authority for such an (extra-legal, illegal and unlawful) order should ever reach a court of law, it could finally, horrifically and inescapably, be recognized that Terri was murdered.