Mississippi moves to improve autopsy system
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 10:22
in Health & Medicine
The doctor who performed most of the state's forensic autopsies and testified in trials that reportedly resulted in convictions for innocent men has been removed. A medical examiner will be hired. The state of Mississippi moved Tuesday to improve what critics have called one of the nation's most poorly monitored criminal autopsy systems -- one that may have resulted in two innocent men spending years in prison.