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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
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Due process right?

due process right = ?

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"Every possible issue has been raised and re-raised, litigated and re-litigated," Felos said. "It's the elongation of these proceedings that have violated Mrs. Schiavo's due process rights."

A lawyer for Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, arrived at federal district court in Tampa and filed a request for an emergency injunction to keep their daughter fed. (Video: Schiavo case back in court).
  

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Hello Jobb 'Due process' here means the legal procedure or process that should have been followed, to ensure a fair trial or hearing. e. the way they have been extended and expanded – is an irregularity, and so constitutes an infringement of Mrs S's right to a fair hearing.

  • Hello Jobb 'Due process' here means the legal procedure or process that should have been followed, to ensure a fair trial or hearing.
  • e.
  • the way they have been extended and expanded – is an irregularity, and so constitutes an infringement of Mrs S's right to a fair hearing.
  • MrP
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Hello Jobb

'Due process' here means the legal procedure or process that should have been followed, to ensure a fair trial or hearing.

Felos believes that the 'elongation of the proceedings' – i.e. the way they have been extended and expanded – is an irregularity, and so constitutes an infringement of Mrs S's right to a fair hearing.

MrP

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