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Thousands of missed police killings prove we must address systemic bias in forensic science

A new study from the University of Washington concludes that, over nearly 40 years, medical examiners and coroners undercounted killings by U.S. police by more than half. During that time, these officials missed or covered up more than 17,000 police killings between 1980 and 2018. Dean Strang is a criminal defense lawyer and law professor at Loyola University Chicago.