Don't be silent about it. Many local outlets already have decided not to carry this edition of the Globe. If you find it on the shelf, ask the manager of your supermarket or news stand to remove it. These photographs were taken by the Boulder County Coroner's Office at the scene of the crime and during the autopsy. They are important and highly sensitive pieces of evidence, and may show details known only to the murderer.
Judges handle such photographs with the greatest of care.
When the Ramsey murder case eventually goes to trial, a jury will examine these images - but only after a judge has reviewed them and set aside any pictures so inflammatory that their use might prejudice the jurors. The Globe was able to buy the pictures because someone tampered with evidence at the height of a murder investigation. It will be up to the Boulder County Sheriff's Department to find out who was responsible and seek a conviction. But there would have been no market for the photographs without a publication like the Globe. The legitimate role of the press is to serve the public need for timely and reliable news about the murder investigation and to monitor the work of the police.