If we don’t know the extent of a problem, we can’t or won’t do much to fix it. That’s what’s going on with heat-related mortality. Until we know how many people are dying of heat exposure and who they are, most government officials and policymakers can and will ignore the existential danger of extreme heat….
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Revival of Coroner Inquests brings Transparency to Deaths in Custody
Eduardo Lee Hoover, Junior, age 38, sat in his pick-up truck, boxed in by four police cars after a chase in Washington County, PA. One officer shot into the front of the vehicle, trying to disable it. Office Tyler Evans, behind the truck, fatally shot Hoover in the back of the head and neck. Hoover,…
Cause & Manner: Who Signs a Death Certificate?
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?