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Oklahoma lawmaker pulls proposal to make autopsy details secret

The revised measure would have applied to murder cases in which law officers have no suspect. Critics said family members and the public have the right to the information

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: May 18, 2010

Facing stiffer opposition than she expected on the House floor, a lawmaker Monday pulled her bill that would have allowed district attorneys or law enforcement agencies to request the state medical examiner’s office to withhold certain parts of homicide autopsy reports for an indeterminate time.

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