EXPLAINER: ‘Contributing’ Factors in Floyd Death Key to Case
Doctors charged with determining the cause of an individual's death try to learn all they can about the person's life, medical experts testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors charged with determining the cause of an individual’s death try to learn all they can about the person’s life, medical experts testified Friday at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. The results of an autopsy, lab tests and conversations with medical providers and others who knew the person are boiled down to a few entries on a death certificate, including the cause and manner of death. But the document also provides…
