You probably know that an autopsy is an examination performed on a body after death, usually to determine the cause of death.
But with the autopsy of Ferguson, Missouri, police-shooting victim Michael Brown making news (Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a federal autopsy in addition to the state-performed autopsy and a private autopsy requested by Brown’s family, reports Reuters), there are a few aspects of autopsies you may not be familiar with.
Here are five legal facts about autopsies:
Preliminary results from the private autopsy requested by Brown’s family found that the teen was shot six times, including twice in the head, reports The New York Times. The federal autopsy, ordered by Attorney General Holder, is pending.
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