Why is the case bizarre?
In most cases, the court has a theory, you have an appellate review, and that’s the end. But this case, the parents keep coming back with new issues — every time that they lose, they come in with a new issue. We want to reexamine the case. We believe she’s competent. We need new medical tests being done. We think she’s been abused. We want child protective services to intervene. Finally, Judge George Greer denied them all. He said. “Look, we have had court-appointed neutral physicians examine this patient. You don’t believe the findings of the doctors but the finding of the doctors have been accepted by the court as factual.” There have been six reviews by the appellate court. What did the appellate court find? The Florida Court of Appeals found four very interesting things. And it found them by the highest legal standard you can have — clear and convincing evidence. The appellate court said that Judge Greer found clear and convincing evidence that Schiavo is in a well-diagnosed, per
