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DeLay: Legal system failed
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said ”the men responsible for this” death will be called to account.
Terri Schiavo, who suffered severe brain damage after a heart attack 15 years ago, died Thursday in Florida. The feeding tube that had been keeping her alive was removed with a judge’s approval on March 18.
DeLay appeared to condemn judges who at both the state and federal level declined to order that Schiavo be kept alive artificially.
”This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change,” the Texas Republican said. ”The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today. Today we grieve, we pray, and we hope to God this fate never befalls another.”
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