Thread: Florida judge rejects latest Schiavo appeal

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Florida judge rejects latest Schiavo appeal
Lawyers for parents say no more federal challenges

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Bob Schindler, the father of Terri Schiavo, is seen at a news conference in front of the Woodside Hospice where Schiavo is being cared, in Pinellas Park, Florida, on Saturday. free video


• No new appeal?
March 26: The attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents say there will be no further federal appeals. MSNBC's Alex Witt and NBC's Mark Potter report.

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• 'Judicial homicide’
March 25: Terri Schiavo's parents decry a federal appeals court's third refusal to grant their request to reinsert their daughter's feeding tube and plead with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene.

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• Humane death?
March 25: A doctor who treats the terminally ill says even those patients who are awake and aware do not suffer when a feeding tube is disconnected. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.

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• Who is Terri Schiavo?
March 25: NBC's Mark Potter takes a look at the woman whose case has sparked a worldwide debate on right-to-die rights: Terri Schiavo.

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• Schiavo parents continue battle
March 25: The parents of Terri Schiavo took their case back to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta — the same court that has ruled against them twice this week. NBC's Mark Potter reports.

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• Schiavo protesters
March 24: Who are the protesters gathered outside Terri Schiavo's hospice, and why do they feel so strongly about their cause? NBC's Kerry Sanders reports.

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• Parents' supporter reacts
March 24: NBC'S Kerry Sanders reports from outside Terri Schiavo's hospice, where a supporter of her parents, the Rev. Pat Mohoney, said the battle was not over.

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• World watches Schiavo case
March 24: MSNBC-TV's Chris Jansing is in Rome where she reports on the Vatican's and the world’s reactions to the Terri Schiavo case.

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• Michael Schiavo's state of mind
March 24: Scott Schiavo, brother to Terri Schiavo's husband, Michael, talks with "Today" show anchor Matt Lauer about his brother's emotional state and the latest developments in the case.

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• Schiavo's brother talks
March 22: Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Schiavo, talks about the legal battle over his sister.

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• Schiavo's medical state
March 21: NBC's Robert Bazell takes a closer look at the medical state of Terri Schiavo. What is the brain-damaged woman's condition?

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• Living wills
March 21: The Schiavo case focuses attention on living wills, the legal documents that spell out exactly how you want to be medically treated if you can't make the decision yourself. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports.

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• Michael Schiavo interview
March 21: Terry Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, and his attorney Deborah Bushnell talk about the legal battle over his wife.

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The Associated Press
Updated: 12:59 p.m. ET March 26, 2005PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - A state judge on Saturday rejected another attempt by Terri Schiavo's parents to reconnect her feeding tube, rejecting what the couple's lawyer described as their last chance to keep their brain-damaged daughter alive.

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Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer denied the parents' motion to order the reinsertion of the tube. Bob and Mary Schindler argued their daughter tried to say "I want to live" when her tube was removed on Greer's order March 18. They argued that she said "AHHHHH" and "WAAAAAAA" when asked to repeat the phrase.

Her husband, Michael Schiavo, and his doctors have said that her utterances weren't speech but just involuntary moans. He argues that she has no hope of recovery, something disputed by her parents.

Greer wrote that in an affidavit that the Schindlers said Terri Schiavo tried to talk when an attorney held her arms, which would be a stimuli causing an involuntary reflex.

"However, all of the credible medical evidence this court has received over the last five years is that this is not a cognitive response but rather something akin to a person jerking his/her hand off a hot stove long before he/she has thought about it," Greer wrote.

When informed of Greer's rejection, Bob Schindler reacted with somber sarcasm: "He did? Great surprise."