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The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht: Memoirs of America's Most Controversial Forensic Pathologist
For six decades, Pittsburgh-based forensic scientist Cyril Wecht has been an outspoken authority when horrible things happen to everyday people—murders, childhood deaths, tragic accidents and police brutality. His expertise and testimony have been called upon in high-profile cases, including the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, JonBenet Ramsey, Laci Peterson and others.

As a criminal defendant, in 1979, he was acquitted on charges of personally profiting from his office as Allegheny County Coroner; a federal public corruption charge was dismissed in 2008. Both cases, his attorneys argued, were politically motivated. Wecht's memoir describes his work on famous cases, his life in the public eye and his legal battles with determined and powerful authorities, from his hometown DA to a U.S. Attorney and the FBI.

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The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht: Memoirs of America's Most Controversial Forensic Pathologist
For six decades, Pittsburgh-based forensic scientist Cyril Wecht has been an outspoken authority when horrible things happen to everyday people—murders, childhood deaths, tragic accidents and police brutality. His expertise and testimony have been called upon in high-profile cases, including the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, JonBenet Ramsey, Laci Peterson and others.

As a criminal defendant, in 1979, he was acquitted on charges of personally profiting from his office as Allegheny County Coroner; a federal public corruption charge was dismissed in 2008. Both cases, his attorneys argued, were politically motivated. Wecht's memoir describes his work on famous cases, his life in the public eye and his legal battles with determined and powerful authorities, from his hometown DA to a U.S. Attorney and the FBI.

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The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht: Memoirs of America's Most Controversial Forensic Pathologist

The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht: Memoirs of America's Most Controversial Forensic Pathologist

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The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht: Memoirs of America's Most Controversial Forensic Pathologist

Overview

For six decades, Pittsburgh-based forensic scientist Cyril Wecht has been an outspoken authority when horrible things happen to everyday people—murders, childhood deaths, tragic accidents and police brutality. His expertise and testimony have been called upon in high-profile cases, including the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, JonBenet Ramsey, Laci Peterson and others.

As a criminal defendant, in 1979, he was acquitted on charges of personally profiting from his office as Allegheny County Coroner; a federal public corruption charge was dismissed in 2008. Both cases, his attorneys argued, were politically motivated. Wecht's memoir describes his work on famous cases, his life in the public eye and his legal battles with determined and powerful authorities, from his hometown DA to a U.S. Attorney and the FBI.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476684246
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 10/02/2020
Pages: 238
Sales rank: 336,489
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

The late Cyril H. Wecht M.D., J.D., was an internationally acclaimed forensic pathologist, attorney and medical-legal consultant who became famous for consulting on deaths with a high media profile. His expertise was called upon in cases involving John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, JonBenét Ramsey, Laci Peterson and Kurt Cobain, the fatal stabbings of the family of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the O.J. Simpson slayings, and the Waco Branch Davidian fire, among many others. Jeff Sewald is an award-winning writer and filmmaker who specializes in defining the cultural significance of people, places, things and events. His films include Gridiron & Steel, a documentary focusing on the spiritual relationship that exists between the sport of football and the people of southwestern Pennsylvania; Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries, about the legendary author and environmentalist; and We Knew What We Had: The Greatest Jazz Story Never Told, which chronicles the history and significance of jazz music in his hometown of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Preface 1

Introduction 5

My Hometown 9

Lessons in Malevolence 14

Federal Trial Part I: Choose a Victim, Invent a Crime 24

"Be a doctor and you will be your own boss" 37

Love and Early Skirmishes 49

The Golden Rule: "he who has the gold, rules" 62

Federal Trial Part II: Mad Dogs at the Door 76

To Sin by Silence: The Assassinations of JFK and RFK 90

Media Darling 115

Federal Trial Part III: The Aftermath 130

I Did It My Way 144

The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law 155

Witness for Truth: Casework 160

Contributors 215

The Authors in Brief 220

Other Books Cyril Wecht 221

Index 223

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