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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 .
Inquest has twice received the Liberty Human Rights Award in 2015 for their work uncovering serious human rights abuses of children in custody [39] and in 2016 for their work with the family of Connor Sparrowhawk [40] and Bindmans Solicitors to improve the standard of care provided for people with mental health and learning disabilities. [41]
A coroner must summon a jury for an inquest if the death was not a result of natural causes and occurred when the deceased was in state custody (for example in prison, police custody, or whilst detained under the Mental Health Act 1983); or if it was the result of an act or omission of a police officer; or if it was a result of a notifiable accident, poisoning or disease. [5]
The updated inquest process will be followed up with reviews of four cases: the death of Shaun Fuhr, which occurred on April 29, 2020; the death of River Hudson, which occurred on May 6, 2020; the ...
The coroner's former power to name a suspect in the inquest conclusion and commit them for trial has been abolished. [26] The coroner's conclusion sometimes is persuasive for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, but normally proceedings in the coroner's court are suspended until after the outcome of any criminal case is known.
The grand jury has been described as a "shield and sword" [5] that has both an offensive purpose and defensive purpose. [6] It has been called the shield of the people against the power of the crown; [7] though Green says this is a myth. [8]
Early on October 18, 2024, Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later.
A coroner's jury deemed Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and their posse guilty in the death of Frank Stilwell in March 1882. [3]In the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a coroner's jury found factory owners Isaac Harris and Max Blanck responsible for the death of Mary Herman, a factory operator.