Audit finds 36 cases of in-custody deaths should have been considered homicide

On Thursday, Governor Wes Moore, along with the Attorney General and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, released the results of an independent audit of 87 in-custody death investigations.

The audit started following the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

During the trial, Dr. David Fowler, a former Maryland Chief OCME, had testified that Floyd’s death was due to undetermined causes, not homicide…

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