Who signs a death certificate depends: was the death due to natural causes or not? Where did the person die? What’s the state law?
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The Role of the Coroner in Court: Part 2
Why We Need Independent Coroners “Sensitive cases, such as police shootings and police-encounter deaths, jail and prison deaths, deaths in public institutions, and others, require an unbiased death investigation that is clearly independent of law enforcement.” So read a conclusion in the National Research Council’s 2009 report on Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States….
The Role of the Coroner in Court: Part 1
Observing the role of a coroner in court during a trial is a great way to learn about medicolegal death investigation. Coroners are responsible for critical evidence that often ends up at a murder or drug delivery resulting in death trial. Whatever the staff of the coroner’s office sees, hears, smells, photographs, or does—from the…