If you’re looking for an end-of-summer read, the Forensic Book Club has selected The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South for its next read. We’ll meet virtually to discuss it on Sept 21 at 6 pm. It’s a fascinating chronicle of how a medical examiner and a …
Death Investigation
The shortage of forensic pathologists is hurting justice, public health, and families
North Carolina’s backlogged autopsies delaying justice, prosecutors say
CSFRE Webinar Series on Drug Related Deaths
The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Network of Public Health Institute (NNPHI), and the Public Health Institute (PHI), announced a new no-cost webinar series focusing attention on drug-caused and drug-related deaths. This 10-part webinar series brings together medicolegal death investigators, forensic …
Investigating and Certifying Drug Caused and Related Deaths: 2026 Updates and Challenges
Free 10-part webinar series on toxicology and drug-related deaths offered by CFSRE
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Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous
10-Part Webinar Series on Drug-Related Deaths
Free webinar series offered by CSFRE. Recorded presentations should be available to registrants after the program is complete.
Deadliest phase of fentanyl crisis eases, as all states see recovery
Defending Death by Distribution Cases in NC
Free 2-day in-person training in Durham offered by NCIDS, NCAJ, and NACDL. This program is complete, but materials are available upon request.
Defending Death by Distribution Cases in NC
Join us in Durham March 27 & 28, 2025 for a FREE, in-person training on Defending Death by Distribution Cases. Topics will include: Co-sponsored by IDS, NACDL, NCAJ, and Vital Strategies, this program is open to all North Carolina criminal defense lawyers, investigators, and mitigation specialists. Make plans to join us in RTP for this …
Hard-to-prove NC drug law leaves families of fentanyl victims chasing justice
Provides data on frequency of prosecution of death by distribution cases in Charlotte and surrounding counties.
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The ABC’s of BFT: Abrasions, Bruises, and Contusions Demystified
Free webinar offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
The ABC’s of BFT: Abrasions, Bruises, and Contusions DemystifiedRead More
The Role of Comprehensive Medicolegal Death Investigation as part of a Public Health Improvement Strategy
Attorneys handling death by distribution or other cases involving toxicology evidence may be interested in this recorded webinar series. In 2024, the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) offered a webinar series entitled, “The …
The Role of Comprehensive Medicolegal Death Investigation as part of a Public Health Improvement Strategy
Free-to-attend recorded webinars offered by CSFRE. Recordings available on demand.
“Not Scientific” to Whom? Laypeople Misjudge Manner of Death Determinations as Scientific and Definitive
2024 Wrongful Convictions Law Review article by Jeff Kukucka and Oyinlola Famulegun on research study demonstrating that mock jurors interpret manner of death determinations to be scientific and definitive though they are not intended to be scientific according to forensic pathologists.