re: Barbara Sampson Medical Examiner for Eric Garner and Jeffrey Epstein

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Please show me where beyond a reasonable doubt is the standard for ME’s determining cause and manner of death. I’ll wait. 

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Here ya go! From the National Association of Medical Examiners. About 5 lines from the bottom covers suicide!

The degree of certainty required to classify the
manner of death depends sometimes on the circumstances of the death. Although such
issues will be discussed in further detail below, a general scheme of incremental
“degrees of certainty” is as follows:
• Undetermined (less than 50% certainty)
• Reasonable medical or investigative probability (Greater than a 50:50 chance; more
likely than not)
• Preponderance of medical/investigative evidence (For practical purposes, let’s say
about 70% or greater certainty)
• Clear and convincing medical/investigative evidence (For practical purposes, let’s say
90% or greater certainty)
• Beyond any reasonable doubt (essentially 100% certainty)
• Beyond any doubt (100% certainty)
Seldom, for the purpose of manner-of-death classification, is “beyond a reasonable
doubt” required as the burden of proof. In many cases, “reasonable probability” will
suffice, but in other instances such as suicide, case law or prudence may require a “preponderance” of evidence—or in homicide—“clear and convincing evidence” may be
required or recommended.
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