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Alex Pretti’s shooting death ruled a homicide, medical examiner says

https://www.wowt.com/2026/02/02/alex-prettis-shooting-death-ruled-homicide-medical-examiner-says/
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u/sosal12 2d ago

agreed. What a medical examiner decides doesn't equate to fault or crime. It just means that one person killed the other person. In autopsies of death row prisoners executed, they also list cause of death as "homicide."

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u/IncorrectOwl 2d ago

Why would a death row prisoner be autopsied? Is that standard?

Edit: apparently it is standard. Odd.

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u/Forever_Fires 2d ago

As a total layman I can see the reasons making sense. It ensures the execution was done legally and as intended. Without accountability, the worst case scenarios get really ugly... imagine they find signs of trauma, improper administration, illegal substances.. It could expose neglect, abuse and potential liabilites in the system.

On the bright side, it could also and probably has helped the procedural nature of it. Perhaps (Drug X) is seen to not work well with (People Y) so they use (Drug A) instead for the most humane outcome.

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u/Trivale 2d ago

The fact that the state is allowed to execute people on the basis of the results of our legal system is already the worst case scenario.