UCLA professor Terence Keel and his BioCritical Studies Lab help families reassess in‑custody death records, revealing inconsistencies and systemic flaws while pushing for greater transparency and accountability in death investigations.
The title of this revelatory book might suggest that it’s limited to uncovering the deficiencies and biases of a particular profession. But The Coroner’s Silence is far more than that.
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Terence Keel’s BioCritical Studies Lab trains students to analyze autopsy reports of people deaths with police involvement. Their findings, underpin Keel’s new book The Coroner’s Silence, which exposes hidden victims of police violence and challenges assumptions about in‑custody deaths.