
Silent Witness
The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death
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Narrated by:
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John Hinch
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By:
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Mark Fuhrman
We all watched Terri Schiavo die. The controversy around her case dominated the headlines and talk shows, going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the White House, and the Vatican.
And it's not over yet. Despite her death, the controversy lingers. In Silent Witness, Mark Fuhrman applies his crack detective skills to examine the medical evidence, legal and police records. He conducts exclusive interviews with forensics experts and crucial witnesses, including friends, family members, and care-givers.
Fuhrman will answer these questions:
- What was Terri and Michael Schiavo's marriage really like?
- What happened the day Terri collapsed?
- What did Michael Schiavo do when he discovered Terri unconscious? How long did he wait before calling 911?
- What do medical records show about her condition when she was first admitted to the hospital?
Fuhrman has complete cooperation of Terri Schiavo's parents and siblings, as well as their medical and legal advisors.
The legal issues and ethical questions provoked by Terri Schiavo's extraordinary case may never be resolved. But the facts about her marriage, her condition when she collapsed, and her eventual death 15 years later, can be determined.
With Silent Witness, Mark Fuhrman will go beyond the legal aspects of the case and delve into the broader, human background of Terri Schiavo's short, sad life.
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On the other hand, the book was clearly rushed to print, and could use a heavy dose of editing. I found this difficult to understand. If the publisher just waited a couple of weeks, the book could include information from the autopsy (even though this information had little relevence to Fuhrman's argument), or gleaned some information from the investigation going on in Florida.
So I give this book a marginal thumbs up, but I expect better books will be written about this subject in the near future.
Surprisingly Balanced
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Very detailed account of the Terri Svhiavo case
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Sad For Terri!
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A Case Not Suited for Analysis
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Full disclosure
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Silent Witness (Unabridged)
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Dedication to facts
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There's no such thing as fact or conclusion in this book. It's just hour after hour of could-have's and might-have's and nobody-will-ever-know's without a single shred of real evidence to back anything up. Even Fuhrman's technical descriptions of Schiavo's medical condition are self contradictory - he just can't seem to help himself when given the opportunity to exaggerate something he thinks will help his case. Every "fact" is twisted to fit Terri's family's concept of what happened and quotations from sources are routinely taken out of context in ways so blatant it leaves you laughing. As a writer, Fuhrman apparently believes that his audience is a group of second graders who are willing to believe anything he might say no matter how outrageously contrary to common sense his reasoning becomes.
In the end this book is about one thing: how much Terri Schiavo's family hates her former husband and what lengths they and their supporters will go to try and bring him down. This is a long, boring rant about Michael "Mr. Evil" Schiavo and all the horrible things people think he might have done but just can't seem to find a single shred of evidence that actually proves he did it. It's a political and social waste of energy written by a man who's stuffed his objectivity in his sock.
If you're thinking of spending money for this book I would strongly suggest a copy of the Weekly World News instead. You'll find it just as object and factual and much more entertaining than anything Mr. Fuhrman can serve up. I give this book +1 star only because -5 stars is not an option on this site.
A textbook in speculation
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