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cab67

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3. those interested in this should read this book

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 12:17 PM

May 2019

"The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist" by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington.

The book covers two wrongful convictions caused by (among other things) bogus forensics, but the authors also discuss the history of the coroner system in the US in general and the South in particular. It actually played a role in suppressing investigations of race-based violence in the Jim Crow era. It's fascinating, if depressing.

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Death Investigations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [View all] yuiyoshida May 2019 OP

omg. n/t ariadne0614 May 2019 #1

coronors don't need any medical training?? mitch96 May 2019 #2

those interested in this should read this book cab67 May 2019 #3

I just watched some crime show which had a medical BigmanPigman May 2019 #4

Excellent cp May 2019 #5