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Medical Examiner’s Credentials Under Fire | Richmond News
A former Virginia medical examiner, Dr. Fernanda da Silva Lameira, is under fire after allegedly faking a letter certifying she passed a forensic pathology board exam — a credential that may have been used in at least ten homicide cases. Termination followed in February after the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner uncovered the issue, and prosecutors are now probing for “Giglio information” to challenge witness credibility. One defense attorney claims this compromised his client’s trial. While her autopsy reports haven’t been proven inaccurate, the medical examiner’s office is handing over…
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