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Anthony May Watch Caylee's Funeral on TV

Jail hasn't decided; TV limits keep her sheltered from media

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jan 7, 2009 12:31 PM CST

(Newser) – Casey Anthony has been barred from her daughter's funeral, but she may still get to watch it on TV, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Jail officials haven't decided yet if she can watch Caylee's public service, bound to be telecast on the cable and local stations so inundated with news about the slain toddler.

Isolated from fellow inmates due to her notoriety, Anthony's main connection to the outside world is a transistor radio. She doesn't subscribe to a newspaper, and can't use the Internet. Her TV watching is limited to the hour she spends outside her cell, a time usually occupied by a shower. "She's not watching Nancy Grace," says a jail spokesman.

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Anthony's encounters with the media on her way to court have given her indication of the frenzy surrounding this case. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)

Anthony purchased a $21 transistor radio from the jail commissary. (AP Photo/Red Huber, File)

The skeletal remains of Caylee Anthony, 2, were found in a wooded area near the family home. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Office, File)

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She may not be in contact with other inmates, but she can hear what they are saying outside her cell.
- Allen Moore, Orange County Jail spokesman

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Anthony May Watch Caylee's Funeral on TV