Maryland Examiner Who Testified in George Floyd Case Under Scrutiny
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has ordered a detailed review of 100 autopsies of people who died in law enforcement custody following a one-of-a-kind probe of 1,300 autopsies handled by former Maryland medical examiner David Fowler, who testified for the defense in the trial of Derek Chauvin
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Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has ordered a detailed review of 100 autopsies of people who died in law enforcement custody following a one-of-a-kind probe of 1,300 autopsies handled by former Maryland medical examiner David Fowler, who testified for the defense in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted for the murder of George Floyd report Ovetta Wiggins and Steve Thompson for the Washington Post.
The cases included, but were not limited to, pedestrians struck during vehicle chases, people who took their own lives in jail and people who died of overdoses while in jail. It focused on 100 deaths that “occurred during or shortly after the decedent was physically restrained, and for which no obvious medical cause of death, such as a knife wound, was discerned during the autopsy.” Frosh’s office ordered an audit of cases handled by the state during Fowler’s tenure after receiving an open letter signed by more than 400 medical experts who questioned Fowler’s testimony in Chauvin’s trial and raised concerns about the appropriateness of his practices.
