Seriously, though - it's ridiculous how many times those certificates aren't filled out properly. Say a kiddo walks under a ladder and a full paint can falls on his head - kid dies at the scene. You need to do a little investigation/find reliable witnesses as to whether kiddo was alone, or if someone helped along that paint can, inadvertently or no. Then you can make the determination as to whether the cause of death is 'accident', 'manslaughter' or 'homicide'. Say kiddo has a brain aneurysm anyway that really wasn't helped by the paint can falling on his head - it'd be listed as a contributor, but not the actual cause of death (which would be via the paint can).
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Date: 2009-10-05 06:03 pm (UTC)Seriously, though - it's ridiculous how many times those certificates aren't filled out properly. Say a kiddo walks under a ladder and a full paint can falls on his head - kid dies at the scene. You need to do a little investigation/find reliable witnesses as to whether kiddo was alone, or if someone helped along that paint can, inadvertently or no. Then you can make the determination as to whether the cause of death is 'accident', 'manslaughter' or 'homicide'. Say kiddo has a brain aneurysm anyway that really wasn't helped by the paint can falling on his head - it'd be listed as a contributor, but not the actual cause of death (which would be via the paint can).
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