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Dr. Cyril Wecht distrusts the US government. And he’s proud of it. The forensic pathologist — who declared in 1978 that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy — is now 90 and still sticking to his story. Wecht’s latest book, “The JFK Assassination Dissected” (Exposit Books), summarizes his six decades of research into the subject, and pokes holes in the conclusion made by the seven-man Warren Commission that Oswald, without any help, shot and killed Kennedy when his motorcade drove past the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. “Young...

This is one of the best arguments against the lockdown that I have read, and it is written by one of the country’s most well regarded doctors.

Regarding Cyril Wecht's letter slandering Pat Buchanan ("Buchanan's hatred of Jews," April 25), it is on record that Israeli intelligence (the Mossad), recognized as the best in the world on Middle East matters, predicted prior to the invasion of Iraq that GIs would be welcomed into Baghdad with rose petals as liberators.

A second True Crime post for this week. Cesar Laurean murders one of our marines, buries her in his backyard, and is now gallivanting around Mexico unmolested. Thank Greta Van Sustern for tracking this fellow down as obviously our military is too busy. The fine lady who microwaved her baby goes to trial, Drew Peterson on Ebay and a new TV show proving it pays to murder your wives, the latest on missing Brianna Denison, Cyril Wecht accused of malfeasance, and that illegal alien busy engaging in civil disobedience when her smarmy butt needs to be booted back to Cuba....

PITTSBURGH - Celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht used government employees as secretaries, gofers and chauffeurs for himself and his private business while working as Allegheny County's medical examiner and coroner, prosecutors said Monday at the start of Wecht's trial. Wecht, 76, is charged with 41 counts, including wire fraud, mail fraud and theft. He has denied wrongdoing, and his attorneys have maintained that the charges are politically motivated. "In plain English, what he did was he stole, and he did it for the same reasons people have stolen for thousands of years: so he could make more money and because he...

Three top assistants to Allegheny County Coroner Dr. Cyril H. Wecht resigned after the FBI questioned them about their work for Wecht's private businesses and the use of deputy coroners as chauffeurs, Wecht's attorney said. Wecht -- whose private businesses are the focus of a federal grand jury investigation -- also reimbursed the county about $6,000 because one of the assistants used the county coroner's lab to prepare tissue samples for Wecht's private forensics practice, said his lawyer, David Armstrong. The assistant is former chief histologist George Hollis, who was in charge of doing the same work for the county,...

<p>A Squirrel Hill lawyer has accused Allegheny County Coroner Dr. Cyril H. Wecht of bumping him with his car and then punching and threatening him during a confrontation along Darlington Road, a city police report states.</p> <p>Nat Cohen, 44, told police he was not injured in the incident Saturday afternoon and that he did not want to press charges against Wecht. Cohen, who told police he was angry because Wecht was driving too fast, could not be reached for comment Monday.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Three forensics experts have joined the investigation into the death of Chandra Levy, a Levy family lawyer announced Friday.</p> <p>"The family has a right to either know what was done was done properly, or to confirm what was done. We're asking for a second opinion," said lawyer Billy Martin.</p>