Legal Review of Police Autopsy Attempts Against Unnatural Death

Rama Aditama

Abstract


The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the legal mechanisms of the police in the autopsy of unnatural deaths. In this paper, the author uses a normative legal method with a descriptive analysis research specification. In a sudden unexpected death or unwitnessed death, there is a probability that the death is related to a crime and must be treated as an unnatural death before it can be scientifically proven that the death was natural. Forensic autopsy plays a role in the pre-trial phase of the criminal justice system, in which case the National Police investigator has a role and authority. Before a case reaches the investigation stage, it certainly begins with an investigation. Forensic medicine and medicolegal science can help determine whether an alleged crime against the body or life can be continued or stopped. Forensic autopsy synergizes with the purpose of examining criminal cases, namely the discovery of material truth.


Keywords


Criminal; Examining; Forensic; Medicine.

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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.30659/rlj.4.4.%25p

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