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Record 1 2013-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

The identification of [a] decomposed body poses difficulty as compared to [a] fresh body as ordinary means of identification like fingerprints and photographs have little value in such cases ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

[...] sur une période de quatre ans (526 autopsies médico-légales pour environ 1,5 millions d'habitants), environ 20 % des corps (soit 25 par an) ne sont pas identifiés lorsque l'autopsie débute, un tiers des cas étant des corps décomposés [...] le reste étant fait de corps dégradés à des degrés divers.

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