Protection of a jury! QUESTION


Why didn’t Terri’s parents lawyer demand that Terri’s 14th amendment due process right to a trial by jury be afforded her in a case in which the state was called upon to end her life, thereby taking the case out of the hands of judge Greer and other corrupt judges and putting the evidence of Terri’s alleged wishes before the people, acting under their constitutionally assigned duty as a jury?


For documentation on this important issue, the constitutional right of Terri’s to the protection of a jury see: Terri Schiavo: due process denied?

No jury has spoken in Terri’s case, but corrupted judges have imposed their will.


JWK
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The purpose of a jury is:

“…to guard against the exercise of arbitrary power -- to make available the commonsense judgment of the community as a hedge against the over-zealous or mistaken prosecutor and in preference to the professional or perhaps overconditioned or biased response of a judge."-- Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 US 522 , 530 (1975)

Told you so. :razz:

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If Terri dies, hopefully Terri’s parents will file a wrongful death suit against Terri’s adulterous husband, and then, the case will be heard before a jury, as it should have been from the very start, and then we will see if Michael can convince a jury that his wife wanted to be left to starve to death.

I’ll bet if Terri dies and such a case is filed, Felos will immediately wash his hands of the adulterous husband and run away with Terri’s “medical fund” in his pocket. Maybe then chrissayer will run to Michael and lend the legal expertise he will need. ;-)

john w k ... stop drinking the kool aid.

Look, jwk, you can cite all the legalese you want, start new threads, etc., etc., but all this ignores the reality that more than a DOZEN courts have honored due process, and decided that Terri's wishes have been properly expressed through her legal guardian and husband Michael Schiavo.

My heart goes out to both Michael Schiavo and the Schindlers, but at the end of the day the only important factor is honoring Terri's own wishes. They have been honored, and her right to refuse medical treatment in case of futility is finally being protected, after fifteen years of futility.

Would you want to be kept alive for decades in a persistent vegetative state with NO HOPE of ever improving, ever speaking, ever having another thought, existing with only your brain stem functioning to keep your physical body breathing and reflexing?? Good for you! Complete a living will and tell your legally recognized DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTHCARE to pull out all the stops no matter what.

Legally a person or a person's legal guardian has the right to refuse medical treatment. PERIOD.

This fight is over- personal rights and liberty have been upheld. Let's all learn from this, have hard discussions about our medical preferences, and move forward.

Moral of this whole sad saga: COMPLETE AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE, get it legally witnessed, make lots of copies and tell your family and doctors about it.

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