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Dr. David Fowler’s controversial defense expert testimony at Derek Chauvin’s trial led to the creation of a state-appointed team tasked with reviewing more than 1,300 in-custody death determinations made during Fowler’s tenure as Maryland’s chief medical officer. Now, the review team has recommended a deeper probe of approximately 100 of those decisions by a new panel of forensic pathologists.
