Ok…this is seriously outrageous. Little Caylee Anthony, who was murdered in Florida, is the focus of an important court motion. It is shameful that not only was the 2 year old murdered and thrown away, like an animal left on the side of the road after being hit. However, it gets even worse because, there are “people” who are trying to get access to the pictures of the photographs of Caylee’s remains. Matter of a fact, Caylee’s killer showed less respect for her life, than most people do when they hit an animal, accidently, while driving down the road.
Prosecutors in the legal case are allegedly asking the judge to put restrictions on the photographs of Caylee’s remains. There are photographs on disk that are allegedly being given to the lawyer representing Caylee’s mother for the case. However, reports say that big time media have paid money to get licensing rights to photographs and videos of little Caylee when she was alive. Any kind of pictures would be of interest to those who wish to bring viewers a new picture before it gets in the hands of a competitor. Prosecutors want to pre-empt any possible attempt of improper use of the photographs that will be used as evidence in the case; that is just common sense. They need to safeguard the process of the legal system, so that justice can be served without jepardizing the outcome of the case by the misuse of the evidence.
This should just be a matter of common sense…however, there are those who will push the envelope of decency. Just earlier this past week…a gentleman who was skiing had an unfortunate incident on a ski lift and was suspended upside down, his pants and underclothing yanked off of his body, and pulled down to his ankles. Here he was, hanging upside down…naked from the waist down to his feet…and, people actually took pictures and posted them on the internet. It appears that people truly do not care about decency or respect of another person’s misery. In Caylee’s situation, she is not alive to be humiliated or saddened; however, she had family, friends and neighbors who are horrified by the idea of having pictures of Caylee’s remains published and put on display; for money, or for ratings.
It is outrageous that these types of legal measures even have to be considered. Caylee was a victim of murder. She was tossed away and hidden. She was not buried in any semblence of respect or caring. She was offered no dignity in death. She was a little girl who deserved to live; but, because someone stole her life from her, she was not protected from this further indignity.
I hope that the courts impose very strict guidelines regarding how these sad photographs can be used. I think that anyone who makes money off of photographs or video’s of the young child should be ashamed of themselves. Even the pictures of a happy, living, breathing Caylee only seem to underscore the horror of the knowledge that she died too young and in a horrible way. Programs that would use the videos and pictures to build stories around, are to me, another assault on the memory of Caylee.
People all around the nation have gazed upon the pictures that are already out there of her. We know in our hearts and minds that an innocent 2 year old child should be remembered as just that, an innocent 2 year old child. She should not be remembered as she was left in the woods. Her short life should not be marketed for a news program or an entertainment program. She doesn’t have to be humanized for the masses…because we all know and love other children her age; it isn’t hard to imagine what she was like.
I don’t think we have heard the last of things in this case that will offend us, outrage us, sadden us, or just plain disappoint us in the condition of our culture’s humanity levels; do you?
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