Tag Archives: police custody deaths

Overreaching judge bans autopsy report on subject of police restraint Cause of Death

Posted on April 1, 2017 by csidds

Here’s a rather strange ruling that short-stops criminal investigators looking into the manner (homicide, accidental or natural?) of an adult females’s death while in police custody. I’m assuming the legal theory on excluding a medical examiner’s report is that it … Continue reading →

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Netherlands custody death brings out the ‘perfect’ expert for the cops defence

Posted on March 29, 2017 by csidds

This is what courts commonly see when expert wits are qualified as keepers of specialized knowledge regarding in-custody deaths. He is a government employee in Amsterdam. http://nltimes.nl/2017/03/29/expert-forensics-witness-history-backing-cops-violence-cases-report Here is a journal article with this same expert, Kees Das, showing up … Continue reading →

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