Archive for the ‘Death + the Law’ Category
Poor Dead Steve Jobs May Not Own His Dead Image
15, Jan 2012Who Owns You Image After You Die? On the Media (January 13, 2012) Really interesting radio story by WNYC’s On the Media programme on what happens to an individual’s ‘image’ after he or she dies. Here is the set-up: A Chinese toy maker is set to release a Steve Jobs action figure next month, but [...]
Texas Prisoner Burials Are a Gentle Touch in a Punitive System Manny Fernandez, New York Times (January 05, 2012) At a cemetery in Texas, murderers and other convicts whose bodies are unclaimed can be interred and, for a few moments, remembered. A really interesting article on the cemetery used by Texas prison officials for unclaimed [...]
Dead Drunk Funeral Freebies for NYE
31, Dec 2011Free Funerals for Drunk Drivers Jerry Carnes, 11Alive (December 29, 2009) Note from the Death Reference Desk: This is one of our favorite past NYE posts. Unfortunately, the McGuire, Jennings and Miller Funeral Home in Rome, GA is no longer offering this deal. Too bad, really. Happy New Year to one and all! A public [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture|Death + the Law
- Tags: video
Under Recent Policy, Cook County Begins Donating Unclaimed Bodies after 2 Weeks Cadavers that are left in morgue are given to medical research Becky Schlikerman, William Lee and Ronnie Reese, Chicago Tribune (October 04, 2011) Medical Examiner: Families Who Object to Body Donation Can Opt for Burial Becky Schlikerman, Chicago Tribune (October 05, 2011) There [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Crime|Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: bioethics, forensics
Yes, He Sold Fakes. They Are Supposed to Be Fake. Jeffrey E. Singer and Corey Kilgannon, The New York Times (August 24, 2011) Paper imitations of luxury items are traditional at Chinese funerals as gifts for the dead, but a seller of cardboard handbags was arrested on copyright-infringement charges on Tuesday. Ok ok. So the [...]
- By: John
- In: Cremation|Death + Crime|Death + Popular Culture|Death + the Law
- Tags: China, cremains, Cremation, funerals