Nebraska is the only state where lawyers automatically serve as coroners. Under the system, 87% of unattended deaths aren’t autopsied. Some families are left wondering.
I spend a lot of time searching datasets for the words “Omaha” and “Nebraska.” Typically it’s not surprising. Not the worst. Not the best. Much like our geography, we’re somewhere in the middle.
Joshua is a Roy W. Howard Fellow supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation. He’s a graduate of the Master’s of Investigative Journalism program at Arizona State University. At ASU, he reported on ...