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New at Reason: Radley Balko on the Latest Developments With Mississippi's Death Investigations System

The head of a private firm that contracted to do autopsies in Mississippi is arrested for pot possession. Mississippi's public safety commissioner finally hires a state medical examiner, the first time in 15 years the office has been filled—only to have his new hire back out at the last minute. Plus, destroyed autopsy reports, missing evidence, and one longtime critic of controversial medical examiner Steven Hayne switches sides. Reason Senior Editor Radley Balko reports on the latest developments in the surreal, ongoing saga of the Magnolia State's search for a competent death investigations system. 

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