MMP #81: Week Five of Alex Murdaugh's Trial: Maggie’s & Paul’s Last Day on Earth And The Timeline That Traps The Defense
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Coroners Are Not Medical Examiners
The defense tried to create doubt about the timeline that night, but they failed miserably. The world got to see just how strange our system of electing coroners is. We elect our coroners in partisan races. Corners are not medical examiners. They don't have to have college degrees, never mind medical degrees. One of the potential qualifying factors is simply being a law enforcement officer. In coroners have a lot of power to steer investigations in the right or wrong direction.
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