The biases that may have led to unjustified deaths by police actions have received much attention and have been extensively discussed (e.g., [1][2][3]), but are the deceased also subject to bias after their death by scientists examining their bodies? Are scientists biased by race or other irrelevant contextual information [4]?Forensic pathologists play a critical part in administering justice because of their role in criminal investigations and court proceedings, as they determine whether the manner of death was homicide vs. something else (e.g., accidental or suicide).Despite bias plaguing many forensic domains [5], forensic scientists often deny that bias can impact their decisions (the bias blind spot [6], and the fallacies of expert immunity and illusion of control [7]).Especially acute has been the resistance to adopt policies that minimize bias, which has "been met with stern resistance from the forensic pathology community" ([8] p. 261). However, cognitive bias
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