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Family Has Right of Privacy In Decapitation Photos

big6joe sends in an update to a morbid story we discussed last year: a California appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling, granting the family of an 18-year-old woman who was killed in a traffic accident in 2006 privacy rights and recourse against the California Highway Patrol. "In a case that highlights how the ease of online communication can overthrow both common sense and basic decency, a California appeals court has ruled that families have a right of privacy in the death images of their loved ones. In 2006, an eighteen-year-old woman was decapitated in a traffic accident. Two of the police officers who reported to the scene emailed photos of the woman's body to their friends and family one Halloween."

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  1. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    where are the pictures? anyone got a link?

    1. Re:So... by perryizgr8 · · Score: 2, Funny

      i downloaded the thing and scanned it. ms security essentials says no malware.

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    2. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I love you. Please continue making Slashdot great.

  2. Re: Your brains by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Caught between a porsche and a hard place.