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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The trial court made the finding by clear and convincing evidence. Of course, you can question what the standard of proof should be in this type of case, or in any case. But this same group of people hardly gets so anguished when a murderer is convicted based on only circumstantial evidence.
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Are you comparing Terri to a murderer? As a lawyer you should know that the term circumstantial evidence is not the same as weak evidence. Without circumstantial evidence most guilty men and women would walk free. Before a murderer is put to death, the burden of prove is beyond a resonable doubt. Before you execute an innocent person (taking the feeding tube away is a slow form of execution), shouldn't you show that they wanted to die beyond a reasonable doubt?
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