Incriminating Relationships of "Judge" Greer Revealed

Repost from comments at CodeBlue (thanks NotADoctor). There's more, much more. But for now this excerpt is all about Judge Greer:

Judge George Greer is not impartial. He has worked side by side as county commissioner with Barbara Sheen Todd (county commissioner) for eight years. Barbara Sheen Todd is on the board of the hospice. Also, Judge Greer's fellow judge, Judge John Lenderman is the brother of Martha Lenderman, also on the hospice board. Greer accepted as the basis of his rulings, the questionable testimony of Michael Schiavo that Terri would wish to be killed, yet Michael never stated this until he had received the 1.2 million dollar settlement.

Allow me to separate this out so we can dwell on its cosmic significance:

Greer also accepted as the basis of his rulings, the "opinion" of a third doctor who is the brother of a close associate of George Felos, right-to-die attorney, and very significantly, former Chairman of the hospice board.

So let me get this straight: This "impartial" doctor is the tie-breaker that tipped the balance in favor of the husband, and against the family?

[UPDATE: No retraction. Highly aggravating circumstances. The tie-breaker (Dr. Peter Bambikidis) was facing an "uphill battle" given that Michael's doctors and ("Terri's") physician Victor Gambone (picked by Michael) - already a simple majority - were supporting a "guilty" verdict. Given the inherent conflict of interest emdedded in a 3-2 situation favoring a diagnosis permitting death to be ordered, Bambikidis was obligated to recuse himself from the case or - better - recommend someone with no association whatsoever in order to remove the decision-making power from Judge Greer (or call his bluff).

Open questions: How much time did Bambakidis spend on his diagnosis? (Answer: 30 minutes or less.) What tests were performed? Was Terri awake during that time period? Did he even check? And was he there to do an independent evaluation - of the kind performed by Dr. Hammesfahr (10 hours) - or was he basically there to stop in and "confirm" PVS, a diagnosis which takes several hours at a minimum to establish?

Since nurses have begun to come forward in larger numbers to testify, the state-appointed doctor had an immediate change of heart after meeting Terri for the first time, and the video- and audiotapes clearly demonstrate conscious response, the notion that that a diagnosis of PVS is a proper one is becoming harder and harder to sustain. And the question for the judge remains: why/how was Bambikidis - a physician from Ohio - both on the "short list" to begin with AND the one selected?

The question for SunCoast hospice or Felos' related business interests remains: Have they - or Felos's relatives in Ohio - ever consulted with Dr. Bambikidis on so much as carpal tunnel? These rumors and many others will not be put to rest until the doctor explains his rationale for a PVS diagnosis - and that explanation passes muster in peer review circles.]

So the fix was in. [Still asserted. The only question is whether collusion was specified or just implied.] He's basically the one that condemned Terri Schiavo, not just to death (which all felons have the right to appeal), but certain death (which in the hands of Judge Greer could be guaranteed never to review the exculpatory evidence in novo).

(It's disgusting even to say "in novo" - there was plenty of data available in 1997 exonerating Terri.)

That makes his provenance - and the conflicts of interest he may possess - highly relevant. In fact, except for the willful exclusion of valid evidence in favor of a questionable CT scan, that doctor was the only variable affecting the outcome.

Dr. Cranford & his colleague were playing the other doctors to stalemate (as two from each side were allowed to interpret the evidence), and Michael Schiavo controlled the evidence. He denied permission for tests when the other doctors found them necessary. No data, no case.