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In the absence of a gunshot wound, the Maryland Medical Examiner's Office almost never found that police conduct causes deaths, data in new court filings shows.

performed during Fowler’s tenure of people who died in law enforcement custody after a team of experts determined that further scrutiny was warranted. Fowler’s testimony prompted the probe, which spanned his 17 years at the medical examiner’s office, from 2002 to 2019.

that “I am proud of my seventeen years of service as Maryland’s Chief Medical Examiner, and I am confident that any fair review will confirm that the Office met or exceeded all applicable professional standards.” Three small towns on Maryland’s Eastern Shore settled their part of the case in August, agreeing to pay Black’s family $5 million and institute changes in policing to prevent more deaths involving police. A package of accountability bills approved by Maryland lawmakers last year included a measure in Black’s memory that requires increased transparency of public misconduct records.

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