NCJ Number
13644
Date Published
1974
Length
306 pages
Annotation
A NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE AUTHOR'S ROLE AS MEDICAL EXAMINER IN MANY PROMINENT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND IN THREE PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROVERSIES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR DETAILS HIS PARTICIPATION IN CASES INVOLVING THE BLACK PANTHERS, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE YOUNG LORDS AND OTHERS. ALSO DISCUSSED IN A SECTION ENTITLED 'MADISON AVENUE MURDERS' IS THE ALLEGED FAILURE OF BIG BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM AND INFORM IT ABOUT CIGARETTE-SMOKING, HARMFUL DRUGS AND HEART DISEASE.