Category Archives: forensic pathology

New efforts to ID Pearl Harbor victims, the “excitement of delirium” and other Forensic Notes, some strange others tragic.

Posted on September 4, 2015 by csidds

After a 1947 internment from the battleship Oklahoma, skeletal remains experience new ID attempts.  North Carolina has two newly compensated exonerees. 30 years in prison while innocent of murder. Once again, false confessions prove to be largely coerced from vulnerable … Continue reading →

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Forensics : Sandra Bland Autopsy Report performed 7/22/2015 confirms hanging evidence

Posted on July 27, 2015 by csidds

Full report by Dr. Sara N. Doyle AME Harris County, Texas. Texas Tribune story.    

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Multiple US forensic pathologists run afoul of “hired gun” syndrome and double dipping

Posted on July 13, 2015 by csidds

This associate ME in Montana thought he ran the entire show but found that overdoing it on SBS and overstating the same thing for private car companies all the time can catch up with you. A loose cannon.  And this CA … Continue reading →

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