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Charles B Greenlaw, Coroner of Calcutta. A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death.The official may also investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jurisdiction.
In 2002, 22 states had a medical examiner system, 11 states had a coroner system, and 18 states had a mixed system. Since the 1940s, the medical examiner system has gradually replaced the coroner system and serves about 48% of the US population. [4] [5] The largest medical examiner's office in the United States is located in Baltimore, Maryland ...
The IAC&ME offers accreditation to coroner and medical examiner offices which meet a set of association-defined requirements. [4] The IAC&ME accreditation requirements are essentially identical to those of the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), however, unlike NAME the IACME does not require accredited agencies to have on-site ...
Legal death is the recognition under the law of a particular jurisdiction that a person is no longer alive. [1] In most cases, a doctor's declaration of death (variously called) or the identification of a corpse is a legal requirement for such recognition.
Kim Porter’s sudden passing remains a mystery.Even after an autopsy was completed, the actress’ cause of death was listed as “deferred,” according to a death certificate obtained by Us Weekly.
An unnatural cause of death results from an external cause, typically including homicides, suicides, accidents, medical errors, alcohol intoxications and drug overdoses. [6] [7] Jurisdictions differ in how they categorize and report unnatural deaths, including level of detail and whether they are considered a single category with subcategories, or separate top-level categories.
Under the Coroners Act 1988, [7] a jury is only required to be convened in cases where the death occurred in prison, police custody, or in circumstances which may affect public health or safety. The coroner can actually choose to convene a jury in any investigation, but in practice this is rare.
Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Building in 2008. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner (“DMEC”, formerly the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and Department of Coroner) was created in its present form on December 17, 1920, by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, although it has existed in some form since the appointment of the ...