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A circuit court judge in Mississippi has refused to let defense attorneys hire their own expert to review two autopsies done by medical examiners hired by the district attorney:

A Hinds County Circuit Court judge Thursday denied an accused murderer's request to preserve the body of slain Jackson State University student Latasha Norman and hire an outside expert to examine her body.

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Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.