In another case of living by the very letter of the law and violating the very heart of the law, the judge ruled today against George and Cindy Anthony in their request not to make the autopsy report public. Clearly this was going to be a hard thing for these grandparents to accomplish, because, after all it takes extraordinary reasons to seal public records. It was an uphill battle from the beginning when they filed the motion and the only chance they had was to reach for the heartstrings of the judge based on decency.

In a sad result for what is clearly decent or not, the Anthony’s lost their motion to have the autopsy records sealed and now the public will be all over the details. I was split on my decision on whether I agreed with the Anthony’s or not, because I do believe the coroner’s office works for us and there should be no secrets. However, just thinking about those poor grandparents and the rest of that family having to relive the gruesome details of Caylee’s death was enough for me to root for Cindy and George.

The anguish on George’s face in the middle of the courtroom as he broke down, was evidence enough for me to have been justified in championing their cause. Watching George breakdown as he tried to get into the elevator while dodging the cameras being shoved in his face, made me realize that this poor family is in for another round of hyper-exposure.

I am sad that the judge ruled this way and I was hoping that he would see the big picture, because this case has been astonishing. Despite the way you might or might not think of Cindy and George and keeping in mind your opinions of them going on so many nationwide talk shows, I have to say that at the end of the day when all the dust has settled, they really are just grandparents who have lost their precious granddaughter. I have compassion for that. I think George and Cindy are decent people at heart and have just been put into a terrible situation. I think people extending their anger and rage of Casey onto her parents is a little bit too much, even if they hadn’t handled everything properly. But, for God’s sake, how would any one of us handle these kinds of things? Something like this doesn’t come with an instruction manual. We all sit back and say we wouldn’t have done this or that, but you don’t know and you don’t ever want to know.

Say what you want, they’re still human beings who could never have a chance for closure with this insane sensationalism of this case. The ongoing interest has to wear them down, no matter how strong they might or might not be. In the end, the judge followed the law and no one can really fault him for that. There will be many motions and twists and turns in the case to come to get a good gauge on whether this judge will be impartial or not. Until then, I will reserve my judgment. Decency was on the Anthony’s side, however the law was not.

C. Rich

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