Deaths in police custody continue to create problems.
Many controversial issues facing medical examiners involve the deaths of infants and children.
These deaths include child abuse, Shaken Baby Syndrome, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and serial infanticide. World events have made the United States a target for biological and chemical terrorism, and medical examiners will be the early warning system for these occurrences. We are not here today to discuss the problems of medical examiners. We are meeting on this site in the Mechanicsville community of Atlanta for a celebration and dedication. As a medical examiner, I understand that nothing occurs in the medical examiner's office without the support of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and the people of Fulton County.