He was charged with murdering his baby on the word of one coroner. Facing a life sentence, he sought a second opinion.
Autopsy doctors working in local government medical examiner’s and coroner’s offices have tremendous but often overlooked power in the U.S. justice system. A national shortage of these doctors is now raising questions about the quality and supervision of their high-stakes work. A misdiagnosis can free a killer or imprison an innocent person.
