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Death Investigation
Autopsy Viewing and OCME Tour – August 30, 2019
There will be an autopsy viewing and tour of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh for defense attorneys on Friday, August 30th, 2019 starting at 8:45 am. Attorneys and defense investigators will have an opportunity to witness an autopsy and then engage in a guided tour of the OCME and its toxicology …
Wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Here’s the story of how he was freed.
Mark Redwine’s defense team receives assistance with cadaver dog evidence (CO)
Judge Orders New Hearing in 1994 Murder
Accused killer of UNC Charlotte student Mark Carver walks out of Gaston County Jail
Dorman Order and Court of Appeals decision
Order of Dismissal with Prejudice – 2011 Superior Court order dismissing the charge of first degree murder with prejudice where forensic evidence was destroyed prior to the defense having the opportunity to examine it, despite defendant’s filing of a motion to preserve evidence. The Court found that material and favorable evidence to the defendant was intentionally …
Sample Cross-Examination Transcripts
Sample direct and cross-examinations of various forensic witnesses, including a firearm/toolmark expert, fingerprint expert, pathologist, DNA expert, and other forensic experts.
NIJ Funded Software Tools, Apps and Databases
Free or low-cost software tools that may be of assistance in understanding forensic evidence disciplines of digital forensics, arson investigation, DNA, death investigation, and more.
Anatomy of the Human Body
Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 illustrations and a subject index with 13,000 entries.
The Scientific and Legal Implications of Virtual Autopsies
Catherine Bailey, research attorney for the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law, discusses the scientific and legal implications of virtual autopsies in a three part video. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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N.C. OCME Administrative Codes, Rules and Statues
N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
The North Carolina Medical Examiner System is a network of medical doctors and allied health professionals throughout North Carolina who voluntarily devote their time, energy, and medical expertise to see that deaths of a suspicious, unusual or unnatural nature are adequately investigated. The OCME investigates all deaths in North Carolina due to injury or violence, …
Medicolegal Death Investigation Subcommittee
The Medicolegal Death Investigation Subcommittee of OSAC focuses on standards and guidelines related to sudden, unnatural, unexplained or suspicious deaths, including homicides, suicides, unintentional fatal injuries, drug-related deaths and other deaths that are sudden or unexpected; determination of the cause and manner of death.
