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The Hinds County coroner’s office, which took possession of Wade and Moore’s bodies after their deaths, has said it works closely with police on death notifications and relies on officers to ...
The Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi will examine the Jackson Police Department's policies on death notifications and provide ...
In response to the uproar, the police department adopted its first death notification policy in November. The six-page policy is dated and signed by Chief Joseph Wade.
Death notification telegram, 1944. A death notification or, in military contexts, a casualty notification is the delivery of the news of a death to another person. There are many roles that contribute to the death notification process. The notifier is the person who delivers the death notice. Notifiers can be military, medical personnel or law ...
This reflects the role of a coroner: to determine the cause of death of a deceased in cases where the death was sudden, unexpected, occurred abroad, was suspicious in any way, or happened while the person was under the control of central authority (e.g., in police custody). Until 2013 a qualified medical practitioner could be appointed, but ...
Whether or not they are employed by the police or the State, forensic doctors must understand their obligations to justice (not to the police or the State) and to the relatives of the deceased, so that a true account is provided of the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding it. [30]
NBC News' coverage of the botched death notifications in Hinds County began last fall, with the case of Dexter Wade, who was struck and killed by a police car in Jackson and buried in a pauper’s ...
An inquest is a judicial inquiry in common law jurisdictions, particularly one held to determine the cause of a person's death. [1] Conducted by a judge, jury, or government official, an inquest may or may not require an autopsy carried out by a coroner or medical examiner. Generally, inquests are conducted only when deaths are sudden or ...