You have to give it to his lawyer for at least trying

-Benjamin Schreiber, found guilty of first-degree murder in 1997 and sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

-Was rushed to the hospital where his heart stop beating.

-Has a do not resuscitate order.
Though Schreiber signed a "do not resuscitate" agreement years earlier, medical staff called his brother in Texas who told them, "If he is in pain, you may give him something to ease the pain, but otherwise you are to let him pass," according to court records.

-Doctors proceeded to save his life by administering resuscitation fluids through an IV. His heart was restarted five times.

Schreiber filed for post-conviction relief in April 2018, claiming that because he momentarily died at the hospital, he fulfilled his life sentence and should be freed immediately. He was sentenced to life without parole “but not to life plus one day," Schreiber argued in court, records show.

Judge ruled-

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"Schreiber is either still alive, in which case he must remain in prison, or he is actually dead, in which case this appeal is moot," Judge Amanda Potterfield wrote in the court of appeals opinion.

The district court did not address Schreiber's additional claim that his due process rights were violated when the doctors failed to follow his "do not resuscitate" request, court records show.

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