How reliable are expert opinions on the cause or time of death?
Are these opinions influenced by non-scientific factors, wishful thinking, and prosecutorial bias?
Find materials on coroners and autopsies here.
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11/08/02
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Submitter: Jennifer Friedman/ Michael Burt
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The Big IdeaAustralian Broadcasting Company radio program about forensic science, especially fingerprinting and pathology. Contains interviews with Simon Cole, Pat Wertheim, and Patricia Cornwell
Johns Hopkins Autopsy Resource (JHAR)Outstanding resource. The site has the Anatomic Pathology Procedure Manual (standards), a vocabulary list, numerous research abstracts, and links. Unfortunately, online access to the database of thousands of autopsy files has been temporarily ...
Household Product DatabaseNIH database searchable by product ingredients, brands, or toxic effects. This shows common products containing petroleum distillates similar to gasoline (arson cases) and allergens that can cause death.
*State v. Ferraiuolo, 80 Conn. App. 521 (2003)Homicide defendant appeals admission of 17 color autopsy slide images of injuries to victim's head -- many images of the same wound, some before and after medical examiner removed sutures. Discussion of objection based on cumulative images (as ...
