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Mississippi coroner who buried men without telling their families: ‘I don’t know how to find people’ (www.nbcnews.com)

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The Hinds County coroner told Gretchen Hankins that she had to leave the pauper’s field where her son’s body was being exhumed Friday. Hankins has demanded answers on why she wasn’t notified of her son’s death.

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[–] flipht@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

The coroner system is terrible. It treats elected officials as if they are medical experts, and in turn they are able to offer that "expertise" in court. It's a travesty.

There's a great book on how this system can go wrong called The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Or you can probably just look up whatever your local coroner has done.