2009.02.20 Do you think Autopsy Photos should be released? REVISITED

[Amanda]

There are a few uncensored at orlando sentinel,not skull ones, look in crime scene thread for link. Little afraid to post link myself..

 

[Pink Panther]

Whatever the judge says, I will do. I want KC to have a fair trial that will stand up to appeal after appeal.

moo

 

[CuriousTwo]

I personally feel that, in general and in any case, as long as the jury gets to see the photos in order to make an educated decision regarding guilt or innocence, the photos need not be released to the public. The verbal descriptions are sufficient for me. In this age of unlimited information, I feel that some things should remain confidential and off limits to the general public, out of respect for the deceased and their family members. Just my opinion only.

 

[Caligram]

Sweet little Caylee Marie Angelbabe has been murdered, duct-taped, possibly suffocated while struggling to breathe. Then she was bagged in two black plastic bags meant to hold trash/garbage. The lined laundry bag from the A's home was probably a last-ditch effort, not to protect little Caylee Marie from death-dining critters, but to facilitate the trip to the swamp dumping site.
This was enough indignity for little Caylee Marie. I don't want to see her skull, the ugly duct tape, her tiny ravaged bones - I will trust Dr.G that she spoke truthfully and from her heart, for this poor little babe. I don't feel that I could sleep peacefully from now on had I been confronted with her tiny skull and scattered bones pierced by plant vines and displaying critter-teeth marks. Imagining it is simply bad enough. This seems to me to taint this whole trial by turning it into a show-and-tell public bare-it-all saga with explicit photos of the remains of little Caylee Marie. Enough blood money has been extracted from her death. Those photos should be forever sealed to honor the memory of Caylee Marie. I hope they declare that enough is enough and let her rest in peace.
This is my heartfelt opinion, without any intent to confront/disagree/disrespect any other WE posters. IMHO

 

[lisalei321]

If other cases in Florida have had crime scene or autopsy photos released, then this should as well, at least eventually. Maybe not right now. They shouldn't be released just because this is such a high profile case and all over the media and TV. Some author shouldn't be able to come along someday, get access to the pics, then make a bunch of money from selling a book just because it has the pics, and no one else has been able to see them. I believe that happened in the Darlie Routier case with some of the pics. You have to get access to the book to see them.

Under Florida law (the Dale Earnhart law), the pictures cannot be released.

HTH

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[Leah0107]

Out of respect and dignity for little Caylee - no they should not be released!

 

[Reality Orlando]

I think there is so much controversy about the duct tape, the skull position, and the remains in general that they will need to eventually release the original photos. They may wait a while but I think eventually the truth will need to be known.

This isn't just the death of a little girl, it is a criminal case. The people of Florida vs. Casey Anthony. I think the people of Florida deserve to know all the facts of the case.

I think we can trust professionals like Dr. G and crew, who are trained to understand these matters, to let our representatives, the jury, know what the circumstances were so they can make the right decision in this case. In respect for Caylee, we don't need those photos released.

 

[Reality Orlando]

I personally feel that, in general and in any case, as long as the jury gets to see the photos in order to make an educated decision regarding guilt or innocence, the photos need not be released to the public. The verbal descriptions are sufficient for me. In this age of unlimited information, I feel that some things should remain confidential and off limits to the general public, out of respect for the deceased and their family members. Just my opinion only.

Totally agree.

 

[elisaannh]

I would prefer to see computer generated images, which would give an easier view, perhaps showing a layer by layer view in 3D. Actual photo's are of a human being and have no place being gawked at by the public. Respect for the deceased's remains seem to be fading these days.

 

[Cher352]

Under Florida law (the Dale Earnhart law), the pictures cannot be released.

HTH

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True we won't see them.

The Florida Legislature's March 29, 2001 law, also known as the Earnhardt Family Protection Act, was sponsored by Senator Jim King (R-Jacksonville) and changed Florida's previously long standing and historically open public records laws from that day onward. The Earnhardt law deemed Florida's medical examination autopsy photographs, video and audio recordings exempt from public inspection without the expressed permission from applicable next of kin.

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[Kat]

Whatever the law dictates - I'm satisfied.

 

[zadari]

nooo they should be put away once this trial is done so she can rest in peace she was thrown away like trash the last night of her life. photos of her little remains should be kept private forever out of respect for beautiful caylee .. let ppl remember her live pictures not her decayed ones .. its not right .

 

[tragco]

I know enough. I think many of us know enough that ICA is guilty without seeing these pictures. I understand why some people want to see them- they want to see the evidence for themselves before making a conclusion.

Using some lawyer-type terms, the pictures are more prejudicial than perjorative to be released IMO> meaning, Caylee's family excluding ICA should never have to come across these accidentally. Their lawyer can get it for them if they ever felt the need to see them. I think they cannot handle them and don't want to because they chose to stay out of the courtroom. Abhorrent as their behavior has been, they deserve the option of keeping them out of the media. They were the ones who took care of and loved Caylee.

 

[Just Jayla]

They should definitely be released. The judiciary should not have so much power over the press, this is supposed to be an open society and taxpayers fund the courts. They work for us. No has to look at the pictures if they don't want to.

ITA.

Teresa Earnhardt eventally got the right idea, she went to the legislative body and dealt with it on that end. If the people of Florida want to forbid the release of photos from a criminal investigation, they can legislate that right into (or out of :waitasec: ) Sunshine.

 

[TakeNote]

True we won't see them.

The Florida Legislature's March 29, 2001 law, also known as the Earnhardt Family Protection Act, was sponsored by Senator Jim King (R-Jacksonville) and changed Florida's previously long standing and historically open public records laws from that day onward. The Earnhardt law deemed Florida's medical examination autopsy photographs, video and audio recordings exempt from public inspection without the expressed permission from applicable next of kin.Death of Dale Earnhardt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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well if they do come out we will know who allowed them out....

 

[Icky Etardo]

Yes I do. I think that OCSD should be the only organization with the right to release, publish, print, or otherwise publicly display photos from any case file within their jurisdiction. I think that they should not do so until after any trial is completed (with a verdict, mistrial doesn't count).

Eventually these photos will come out. In a world where US State Department secrets are spread all over the internet, does little Orange County, Florida, really think they can keep this information from a motivated public? I'm sure someone already has these photos and is looking for a buyer or an opportunity to publish them in a manner that they won't get caught for it. There's a financial incentive to get these photos and get them out to people who want to know and will pay to see them.

If the OCSD published the photos and they could be viewed for free right after the verdict, and the media knew that OCSD would publish the photos right after the verdict, there would be no temptation on the media's part to buy them from some unscrupulous person. Someone will eventually make some money from those photos, Earnheart Law or no. JMHO.

 

[Just Jayla]

True we won't see them.

The Florida Legislature's March 29, 2001 law, also known as the Earnhardt Family Protection Act, was sponsored by Senator Jim King (R-Jacksonville) and changed Florida's previously long standing and historically open public records laws from that day onward. The Earnhardt law deemed Florida's medical examination autopsy photographs, video and audio recordings exempt from public inspection without the expressed permission from applicable next of kin.

Death of Dale Earnhardt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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We have seen them (or what appear to be them)-her tibia, part of the skull, hair mat and duct tape simulation photos are on the net as I type. There was nothing stopping the media or the gallery from seeing these, if I am correct about how they were displayed-and then being able to get them out there. Even if the judge ordered that they remain in the confines of that courtroom, he did not prevent the media from recording them.

I have not read the legislation, but I would assume that since some of the photos have been released, that either Sunshine's language trumps the DE Law in the event the pics are part of discovery, or the law does not cover criminal matters at all and leaves it open for interpretation.

 

[Hot Dogs]

We have seen them (or what appear to be them)-her tibia, part of the skull, hair mat and duct tape simulation photos are on the net as I type.

I do not believe that the media has released any photos of the hair mat. The Orlando Sentinal has several photos showing small roots that were growing on the blanket such as in their photos number 7 & 11. These roots are small and fine and could look like hair.

Is the hair mat actually shown by any media?

 

[i.b.nora]

As I understand it, the Earnhardt ruling pertains to autopsy photos, video, audios. I don't think any of the photos I have seen have been autopsy photos. They have been crime scene photos, and single photos of pieces of evidence. Duct tape, a hair mat, a gas can.

 

[kaRN]

I have mixed feelings on the subject. While I know that I personally could handle the photos and would learn from them, I doubt that the majority of people following the case could or would. Yourselves excluded
Caylee does have the right to privacy in death. The sunshine laws shouldn't trump her right to dignity and privacy. I'd rather see a tape of ICA's next PAP smear, or read her psych reports than torment her victim any further but we know that'll never happen. ICA has rights. Her dead baby is public fodder apparently.