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Coroner decides on inmate's death

Uganda, May 18 -- On the 21st day of July 2015, a coroner released his finding of an inquest into the death of an inmate who died in September 2013 in a holding cell in a police outpost within the sub... Read More


The contentious death of an inmate

Uganda, May 11 -- In 2015, a Chief Magistrate's Court held an inquest into the death of an inmate who had been reported to have died two years earlier in a holding cell in a police outpost within the ... Read More


The controversial death of an inmate

Uganda, May 4 -- An inmate was found dead in a police holding cell on the morning of September 21, 2013. The deceased, prior to his death, had recorded a statement confessing knowledge of the intricat... Read More


The unresolved killing of a Kampala businessman

Uganda, April 13 -- On a Friday, February, 2012, the bodies of a businessman and his gardener were found at the businessman's home. The deaths must have taken place between 8am and 9am that morning. T... Read More


Likely misinterpretation of post-mortem injuries

Uganda, March 16 -- Two people were prosecuted and convicted of murder and sentenced; one to life imprisonment and the other to death for a crime they did not commit. The first case was of a four-yea... Read More


Misinterpretation of post-mortem findings

Uganda, March 9 -- One morning in 1993, a four-year-old girl was found dead at home in her bed. She did not have any significant history of ill health that could possibly explain her death. During th... Read More


Challenges encountered in post-mortem examinations

Uganda, Feb. 24 -- The post-mortem examination, and especially the forensic post-mortem examination, is often not without challenges. A forensic post-mortem examination involves obtaining information... Read More