Comments on: Judge Weighing Schiavo Case

By: Joyce Magnussen

Joyce Magnussen — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:25:31 +0000

This is an article in the Wichita Eagle, Local & State section, Monday, March 28, 2005 (Kansas)

It has happened slowly, with small bites and short sentences, but progress has been constant for a Hutchinson woman recovering from the brain injury she sustained in an accident twenty years ago.

Sarah Scantlin made headlines last month when she uttered her first words since being left bedridden and unable to communicate after a drunken driver struck her in 1984. Scantlin was 18 when she was hit while walking to her car in Hutchinson.
Now 38, she has come further than anyone imagined. Doctors and therapists at the University of Kansas hospital find something new that Scantlin can do every day. She can answer questions and read Dr. Seuss books.

Last week she swallowed food on her own for the first time in 20 years. Today, she is scheduled for surgery to straighten her feet, to give her a chance to walk again.

By: Sandra Mangold

Sandra Mangold — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:21:50 +0000

Judge James Whittemore, Please help us to understand how you can allow this to happen to Terri. She has committed no crime, but being punished. The courts has put people in prison for not feeding animals, and I know Terri is more than an animal. What will happen to all the other sickly people in Nursing Homes or hospitals who can't help themselves. Will they be put to death also? Why would you listen to her husband who wants to remarry and has been abusive to her over her parents who love her? Our Heavenly Father will not tolerate this kind of treatment very long before he will take action. God have mercy on your soul when your day comes, and it will come.

By: darrell cummings

darrell cummings — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 05:26:09 +0000

I see only one way to stop this hate for the constitution,STOP voting democrat and republician, I tried to talk to people about the Canstitution Party before the questional election,and most said they would waste their vote,instead they wasted their basic rights,wasted their soldiers lives, their ecomony, their Soc Sec,their fuel prices etc,and letting judges play God with our loved ones.
If we replaced judical sys.,the president,the senate, the house of representives with homeless people off the street would be great improvement, vote anything BUT NOT Democrat or Republician,please people do SOMETHING!!!!!!!!

By: Alisa Sewell

Alisa Sewell — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:41:00 +0000

Since when is food and water "extraordinary means" to keep someone alive?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:20:00 +0000

Judge Whittemore, Can you GUARANTEE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that Terri's body does not feel hunger or thirst? If you cannot guarantee that, you will have Terri's slow death of hunger and thirst on your list of things to answer for when you face God Almighty on judgement day. You are being judge over her life and God will judge you in your decision over this . If God doesn't see this the same way you do you will have murder on your list of things to answer for. In my opinion, you or her husband should not decide if she has the food and water her body needs to stay alive. God will take her when he is ready. Jennifer

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:00:46 +0000

It's a dark day in the United States when an animal has the right to food and water or the owner can be jailed and fined, but these asinine, heartless judges are legally denying the same for a disabled brain damaged woman. Judges Greer, Whittemore, and the 11th Circuit Court are all going to leave a legacy they share with Hitler and the Nazis - they all signed the death warrants for the disabled. I'd ask how Michael Schiavo can stand to see Terri die so painfully and horribly, but he's nothing more than a monster and pure evil so I guess that's how he does it. I make no apologies when I say that I sincerely hope that Michael Schiavo, his demon attorneys, every single one of the judges, and everyone else who has been an accessory to Terri's murder ALL face the exact same situation that Mr. and Mrs. Schindler have had to endure! I hope there is no legal hope for them at every turn just as they have done to the Schindlers. I cannot ask for God's mercy on them because anyone who would murder a disabled brain damaged person in no way deserves mercy!!!!

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:55:06 +0000

What is up with these judges? were they picked on in school? unable to get dates so they are making Terri pay for it?

Why cant the police start a investigation into a possible attempted murder case?

We need to purdge the system with these so called judges and start over.

By: Maura Williams

Maura Williams — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:02:14 +0000

With all due respect to the Honorable U S District Judge, U S District Court for Middle District of Florida, James Whittemore, please explain how your decision differs from Dr. Kavorkian's actions and consequential prison sentence and are you packing your bags to join the good doctor in his cell?

By: bill

bill — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:25:40 +0000

When God picks your number its time to go!
It seems to me that these henchmen in black robes love to play God, there hellbent on expresing their political agendas at any cost,TERRYS life is not, in my opinion something a judge should make a decision on, thats Gods job!.If God wanted TERRY dead it would have already taken place,this poor girl is still fighting to live, how in Gods name could it be humane to starve someone to death and just stand by and watch!Folks the end must be near because it seems to me that my AMERICA IS GOING TO HELL!

By: Samuel Lombardo

Samuel Lombardo — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:14:13 +0000

United States Judges ARE NOT gods and NEVER WILL BE because MOST OF THEM LACK WISDOM.

JUDGES WHO LACK WISDOM WILL NEVER HAVE IT, AND THOSE WHO HAVE WISDOM ARE BLESSED BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

FURTHERMORE, JUDGES WHO ARE INTELLIGENT, EDUCATED, AND UNDERSTAND THE U. S. CONSTITUTION ARE NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO BECOME A JUDGE, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.

A NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR ANY PERSON TO BE A JUDGE OR A JUDICIAL NOMINEE IS THAT HE HAS WISDOM.

UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THE JUDGES IN THE TERRI SCHIAVO CASE HAVE DEMONSTRATED ANY WISDOM!

By: Ashley Hennen

Ashley Hennen — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:39:50 +0000

This judge needs to let this poor little lady live. He woulden't want someone that he loves and cares about suffer, so why let her? You have no right. You are a cold hearted selfish pig. Only reason you are doing this is so you can get publisitiy. Hasn't people went to jail for letting people starve? What makes you any different? You should go to jail. This is murder! Starving someone that is living is plain out murder. She is basically like a infeant. She can't tell you she's hungrey so you're going to take full advantage of this. I think that whoever lets this poor little women suffer like this should be put in jail. Suffering is suffering. You have no right to tell someone of they can live or die. That's not your job. Trust me, this is not the last time you'll be hearing from me!!!

By: Lillard

Lillard — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:00:15 +0000

I don't know who is in charge but this message MUST get to the person in control over Judging the right for Ms.Terri Schiavo. I was at one time in a coma for over 2 months. I remember all in and before as well as after. SHE IS ALIVE! She may not be able to communicate like we " un " communicate. She is aware of all going on around her and as I saw broadcast she is very aware of what is happening. She does NOT want to die. If she did she would withdraw not communicate. I was in my coma as I said 2 months. I remember when they had me in a death bag. I was trying to scream and shout I was alive do NOT kill me. No one heard as I screamed and carried on. By the grace of GOD! I moved enough in status for someone to notice I still had a feable heartbeat. They rushed me to Redding Memorial and I live and have had children and finished highschool as well as some collage. PLEASE DO NOT LET HER DIE! She is trying her best to let all know she is ok Support her!!!!! DO Not Murder... her.

By: reuebn febus

reuebn febus — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:06:29 +0000

You sir have no right in my book to hold a seat on the bench. Terri Schiavo is being subjected to starvation and dehydration,in short, a death sentence for no crime that she has committed outside of living in a time when this countries moral and ethical values have gone to pot. An animal would not be subjected to this kind of treatment, how then a human being? To say that this is not murder is to delude yourself and separate yourself from the guilt associated by the oncoming potential death of Ms Schiavo. You are clearly responsible now as the ball is in your court.In the name of all that is decent,let her live at least until further tests are done. The husband's motives are questionable at best, and if there is the slightest doubt concerning her condition as stated by Dr. Cheshire then that alone is motive to re-insert her feeding tubes.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:36:31 +0000

Please Please Help Terri

By: Alisa Sewell

Alisa Sewell — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:43:21 +0000

A comment for Judge Whittemore:

You are a coward and a murderer. I can only pray that my children's lives never rest in your incapable hands. You are an embarrassment to your fellow Americans, and right now, I am not feeling very proud to be an American. How can this happen to someone here, now...in 2005!? We treat animals with more dignity and respect. You, Mr. Whittemore, have decided to withold a basic human necessity from Terry, thus ordering her death.

It would be considered inhumane to allow a mass murderer to starve to death as an alternative to an injection or the chair. And no way would a court allow the process to begin without all avenues exhausted! Even the lowest of the low criminals are given their last meal before being put to death. Why is Terry's life not as valuable to you as a common criminal or an animal?