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We Save Lives Launches 'Not an Accident' Campaign with Stop Drug Homicide
Learn more at https://lnkd.in/exfnAAZN
I was shocked to discover that my daughter's death certificate labeled her death as an accident rather than a homicide when I received it last month. After a disheartening conversation with the National Medical Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), which is responsible for these determinations, a group of us decided to take action. We are committed to changing the classification from accident to homicide on our loved ones' death certificates.We’ve launched a petition, which you can find here. https://lnkd.in/eS5QngHY I urge all who agree with us to sign.
Additionally, we will soon introduce a bill in California that will allow family members to change this classification to homicide after the driver has been convicted. Medical examiners currently have five options for classifying deaths: Natural, Accident, Suicide, Homicide, or Undetermined.
When someone makes the conscious choice to drive dangerously and causes a death, it is no longer an accident. The same applies to drug dealers who knowingly provide lethal substances; when prosecuted for murder, those deaths should also be classified as homicides.
If you agree with our cause, please share your story here, https://lnkd.in/esCyvsmK our petition, and join our Not an Accident Facebook group.
If you represent an organization that would like to support us, you can sign up here. https://lnkd.in/e-3cvSbS
We need your help to achieve our vision for justice and accountability.
Thank you for standing with us.
Our Vision
A world where no preventable death is dismissed as an “accident.”
A justice system that tells the truth and acts on it.
A society that honors every victim with honesty, dignity, and change.
Because we have always cared . . .
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