Michael Schiavo Heartless Jerk
Michael Schiavo not a Murderer
MUST-READ OF THE DAY: MARK STEYN ON TERRI SCHIAVO
I was wrong about there being no autopsy. But I did not know that in Florida a autopsy must be performed if the body is to be cremated.
Schiavo Autopsy Not Husband's Choice
"Michael Schiavo's choice to have his wife cremated eliminated any choice he might have had as to whether or not an autopsy will be performed. Florida State Statute 406.11, entitled "Examinations, investigations and autopsies," mandates the circumstances under which an autopsy must be performed.
"In any of the following circumstances involving the death of a human being, the medical examiner of the district in which the death occurred or the body was found shall determine the cause of death and shall, for that purpose, make or have performed such examinations, investigations, and autopsies as he or she shall deem necessary or as shall be requested by the state attorney," the statute states."
The applicable condition bringing the law to bear in the Schiavo case is, "When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at sea."
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