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Another Victory in Florida
State high court won’t hear challenge to autopsy photo law: The Florida Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the state’s law that restricts access to autopsy photos. For once Florida does something right. A student newspaper at the U. of Florida was trying to have the law overturned. The media, even college…
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NC Autopsy Photo Law
Bill on autopsy photos revised : The N.C. Press Association is pissed because the new law would create an unnecessary expense for newspapers, TV stations and others who want an outside expert opinion on a cause of death by causing them to bring experts to the medical examiner’s office or to seek a court order…
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The Late Lisa Lopes
A year ago I did an entry about keeping the Dale Earnhardt autopsy photos out of the Orlando papers. Then on 2/25/02 I wrote an entry about how I hope that the Daniel Pearl video never sees the light of day and how videos like the “Faces of Death” series have no place in society.…
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More on Dale Earnhardt
An update to a previous post. Thank God, the Florida legislature has enacted a law stating that any outside party wishing to view autopsy photos must gain clearance through a judge. Hopefully, this will keep Dale Earnhardt’s autopsy photos out of the hands of internet death merchants.
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The Dale Earnhardt Controversy
Ok, I’m not the biggest race fan in the world. As a matter of fact, I don’t see what the attraction is of watching cars turn left for 3 hours. But when you live in the south, NASCAR is a way of life. 2 1/2 weeks ago Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash at…