by Matt Sharp
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has decided to pursue charges against an expert it has used in multiple murder cases. A pathologist is a doctor who examines a dead body to determine cause and time of death among other things. If the State wishes to prove up that someone was murdered they rely on the truthful testimony of a pathologist to get that proof. If their pathologist has a history of falsifying government documents, lying to authorities, or just lying in general, then a jury is likely to disbelieve the pathologist and will be more likely to uphold the presumption of innocence. Read More on this Article
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