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 You can request an autopsy. If you ask for an autopsy and it is not ordered by a doctor or coroner, you <span class="noglossary">will</span> have to pay for it. Ask ahead of time how much it <span class="noglossary">will</span> cost.
-The results of the coroner’s investigation are released in a public document called a Judgment of Inquiry. It is available by request from the Regional Coroner’s office. The report incorporates information from all agencies involved in the death, including police, ambulance, and hospitals. It also contains the findings of the autopsy. The autopsy report itself is confidential and is released only under certain conditions.
+The results of the coroner’s investigation are released in a public document called a ''judgment of inquiry''. It is available by request from the Regional Coroner’s office. The report incorporates information from all agencies involved in the death, including police, ambulance, and hospitals. It also contains the findings of the autopsy. The autopsy report itself is confidential and is released only under certain conditions.
 In some cases there <span class="noglossary">will</span> be an inquest. A coroner’s inquest is a formal <span class="noglossary">court proceeding</span> that allows for the public presentation of all evidence relating to a death. The coroner has a fact-finding role, not a fault-finding role. The inquest does not decide criminal or civil liability.