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Feds drop all charges against celebrity coroner

Jun. 2, 2009
The criminal case against celebrity pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht is over. Federal prosecutors say all remaining counts will be dropped. The former Allegheny County medical examiner is renowned for his work on famous deaths, including those of Elvis Presley,...
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Appeals court: Wecht can be retried

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a prominent Pennsylvania pathologist can be retried on charges that he used his office as coroner for personal gain.

House panel seeks info on prosecutions

WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has sent the Justice Department subpoenas for documents on the prosecution of two prominent Democrats.

Wecht to be retried in May

PITTSBURGH, April 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. District Court judge Friday set a date for a second mail- and wire-fraud trial for former Pittsburgh Medical Examiner Cyril Wecht.

Jury 'hopelessly deadlocked' in Wecht case

PITTSBURGH, April 3 (UPI) -- A judge in Pittsburgh refused to declare a mistrial Thursday in the corruption trial of former Allegheny County (Pa.) Coroner Cyril Wecht.

Wecht staffer testifies about cadavers

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- An official at the Pittsburgh coroner's office testified that he had concerns about his boss, Dr. Cyril Wecht, shipping unclaimed cadavers to a university.

Prominent pathologist goes on trial

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- One of the nation's foremost forensic pathologists is on trial in federal court in Pittsburgh on 41 charges that could put him in jail for the rest of his life.

Ex-coroner's corruption trial facing delay

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The corruption trial of the former coroner for Allegheny County, Pa., may be delayed based on an appeal filed Wednesday in Philadelphia.

Daniel Smith overdosed on depression meds

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The private pathologist hired by Anna Nicole Smith to perform a second autopsy on her son said that Daniel Smith most likely died of cardiac arrhythmia.

Still no cause in Anna Nicole son's death

NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. pathologist who performed a second autopsy on Anna Nicole Smith's son said findings indicate the son was taking an anti-depressant but not suicidal.

Pathologist appears in court as defendant

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Dr. Cyril Wecht, a leading U.S. pathologist, pleaded innocent Friday to using his position as a Pennsylvania coroner to boost his private business.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch