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originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: MotherMayEye
An autopsy should be performed on every public official who dies in office?
Perhaps there should be a law to that effect.
I don't think that's unreasonable when the cause of death and underlying cause(s) is not immediately known.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: 123143
Because it has to do with a sitting president?
But JKF's murder has nothing to do with this. That was a clear cut murder, something that does call for an autopsy.
Lets keep it about Scalia and him being 79, overweight and high blood pressure laying in a bed with no signs of suffocation or struggle.
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Signals
Poindexter now goes from a local small time Democrat donor to a higher ranking national operative with praise from Obama himself.
He also had some problems with buying land from the Texas State Park that his "ranch" in inside of.
And, that whole area is well known as a smuggling route.
Very suspicious all the way around.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: MotherMayEye
Yes, I have. It doesn't seem to require that autopsies be performed on public demand.
Have you never heard of the Freedom of Information Act?
Ok...
I think you should also google '"public interest" AND autopsy.'
Can't really find anything about autopsies being performed because of public interest. Maybe you can help.
originally posted by: Willtell
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Willtell
This site should always delve into the possibility of foul play with prominent figures.
Is what is going on here delving?
Or just speculation in lieu of any actual evidence and ignoring the fact that the Justice was an elderly gentleman who was somewhat overweight?
Don't let obvious facts get in the way of a conspiracy theory.
This is the way they would do it
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: 123143
So you don't want to talk about the actual topic...
Strange.
In general, if a reasonable and probable cause of
death can be deduced from the decedent’s medical history, learning the circumstances
surrounding death, and performing an external examination of the body, an autopsy may not be
necessary.
However, the public interest may require an autopsy being performed when deaths involve
homicide, an inmate who dies in police custody or incarceration, an individual whose death is
suspicious, or deaths suspected to be due to injury of any type. Such deaths often result in legal
proceedings which are facilitated by having well-documented postmortem information available
only from a State Medical Examiner
originally posted by: Indigo5
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: MotherMayEye
An autopsy should be performed on every public official who dies in office?
Perhaps there should be a law to that effect.
I don't think that's unreasonable when the cause of death and underlying cause(s) is not immediately known.
While YOU might not be aware of the underlying causes, the Justice of the Peace, the US Marshalls that responded, Justice Scalia's personal Physician and Justice Scalia's family apparently are...
Thus the Justice of the Peace saying she wanted to speak to the family Physician first before declaring it Natural Causes, despite the US Marshalls on the scene saying they found no evidence of foul play.
And the family Physician finding it relevant to explain that Justice Scalia had seen him both on Wed. and Thursday last week and received an MRI and suffered from significant "Health Issues"..
And thus Justice Scalia's family finding no reason to question that he died from natural causes and making "clear" that they did not want an autopsy.
While YOU might not be aware of the "underlying causes"...that does not mean they are not known.
The Justice of the Peace also explained that she would amend the Death Certificate once she had received the full medical files from the family Physician..so we will know within a week...but apparently whatever it was the family Physician shared, it was compelling.
Judge Cinderela Guevara, also known as Cindy Rice Guevara, is the judge who announced Justice Antonin Scalia’s cause of death without seeing his body or ordering an autopsy. Who is Judge Guevara? Why did she decide an autopsy wasn’t necessary? Has she done anything like this before? Guevara was a justice of the peace for 25 years before being elected as Presidio County’s first female county judge. One of her past cause of death rulings for a different case also generated quite a bit of controversy.
Here’s what you need to know.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: MotherMayEye
In general, if a reasonable and probable cause of
death can be deduced from the decedent’s medical history, learning the circumstances
surrounding death, and performing an external examination of the body, an autopsy may not be
necessary.
And again it says this.
Also, what it says about public intrest.
However, the public interest may require an autopsy being performed when deaths involve
homicide, an inmate who dies in police custody or incarceration, an individual whose death is
suspicious, or deaths suspected to be due to injury of any type. Such deaths often result in legal
proceedings which are facilitated by having well-documented postmortem information available
only from a State Medical Examiner
Autopsy is recommended in the following situations:
12. Death in any case the coroner determines necessary to ascertain cause and manner of death, or to collect evidence: Examples:
J. Deaths of famous people or public figures