一 | JACKSON, Miss. -- Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi - despite tough-on-crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election.Police officers and prosecutors rely on medical examiners' autopsy reports to investigate violent crimes and hold perpetrators accountable. Families look to the reports to make sense of a loved one’s death. Without death certificates, families often have to wait to collect insurance and settle the deceased’s affairs. Delays in completing autopsies of the dead remain an ongoing problem.The National Association of Medical Examiners, the office that accredits U.S. death investigations offices, dictates that 90% of autopsy reports should be returned within 60 to 90 days. Homicide autopsies in Mississippi continue to lag behind national standards as crime has remained a flashpoint in the state legislature and campaign trail.Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, who is running for reelection, makes a point of his commitment to law enforcement in public speeches and on the campaign trail.“In Mississippi, we choose to fund the police. We choose to back the blue,” Reeves said in his annual State of the State speech in January. “That’s exactly what Mississippi has done, and that’s exactly what Mississippi will continue to do.” In 2022, an AP analysis based on state data and documents found that Mississippi’s system has long violated national standards for death investigations, accruing a severe backlog of autopsies and reports. Moreover, Mississippi has the highest homicide mortality rate in the country, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell has called the backlog “unacceptable” and said he’d instituted a policy requiring all autopsy reports to be completed within 90 days. Tindell, a former judge who was appointed commissioner in 2020 by Reeves, said in August that his office had completed a "decade-old autopsy backlog in record time.” But records obtained by The Associated Press show that as of Oct. 1 of this year, Mississippi had 51 homicide autopsy reports that were incomplete for longer than 60 days; and 45 autopsies pending after more than 90 days. Three other autopsy reports for 2023 took over 90 days to complete. Democrat Brandon Presley, Reeves' opponent for governor in next month's general election, has implied Tindell should never have been appointed.“It’s not rocket science to want someone who has worn a badge to run the state’s largest law enforcement agency,” Presley said on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “Unlike Tate Reeves, I’ll have professionals running agencies, not cronies.” Tindell responded on the same social media platform by saying Presley “isn’t just attacking me ... He’s attacking law & order."Tindell's spokesperson did not respond to an emailed list of questions or phone messages. But Tindell has said the state forensics laboratory and medical examiner’s office suffered from a lack of funding.At a campaign event Monday, Reeves said the backlog reached back as far as 2009 and that it shouldn't be blamed on Tindell.Jody Owens, district attorney for Hinds County, the largest county in Mississippi, said autopsy reports for homicides in his jurisdiction were still rarely done within a 90-day window. "That's just not where we are," the Democrat prosecutor said. “We are nowhere near 90 days. We have autopsies that have still been pending, sometimes for years.”Delayed autopsy reports create bureaucratic hurdles for prosecutors and defense attorneys. Reports can help determine whether a death was an accident, a suicide or a homicide. They can shed light on whether a person accused of murder acted in self-defense, with stark implications for both the accuser and the accused. “You can't make a (plea) offer without an autopsy report because it establishes the manner and cause of death. Without having that, you really can't move a case," Owens said. “States like Mississippi are safest when autopsy reports are completed within 90 days. It not only protects the defendant's rights, but also the state's obligation to give victims their day in court.”。 AI摘要 国台办驳斥民进党“抵御统战”谬论，指其封锁“台青e家”系恶意抹黑。
二 | 重申对台湾海峡享有主权，台风管制合法，批评民进党出卖利益。 北京8月19日电（记者李寒芳、许晓静）国务院台办发言人朱凤莲19日在例行新闻发布会上应询指出，民进党当局一再歪曲抹黑统战工作，鼓噪所谓“抵御统战”，完全站在了台湾民众的对立面。他们企图加深两岸隔阂对立，阻挠破坏两岸交流合作，为其“台独”分裂服务，行为卑劣、用心险恶。 有记者问：台陆委会近日称，“统战是中共夺取中国大陆政权的三大法宝之一，陆委会的工作从来不是搞统战，而是抵御中共统战”。请问对此有何评论？朱凤莲在答问时作上述回应。 她表示，统一战线简称统战，其本质是大团结大联合，是交朋友、促团结，是求同存异、共谋发展。从抗日战争时期凝聚全民族力量共御外侮，到今天团结海内外同胞共促民族复兴，统战工作始终坚守初心。台湾同胞是我们的亲人、家人，密切交流、加强团结，为他们谋利造福，天经地义、光明正大。 朱凤莲还表示，祖国统一、民族复兴的大势浩浩荡荡、不可阻挡，两岸同胞走亲走近、走到一起的大潮滚滚向前、不可逆转。民进党当局违背历史大势，违逆民心民意，必将遭到越来越多台湾民众的反对和唾弃。 近日，民进党当局封锁大陆推出的公益性综合服务平台“台青e家”。台陆委会声称，“台青e家”实际上是为了达到统战目的，兼带搜集台湾年轻人的个人资料，台湾青年取得就职资源的同时需接受一中原则等条件。 对此，朱凤莲答问表示，“台青e家”是为帮助更多台湾青年便捷获取大陆发展机遇打造的公益性服务平台，是服务台湾青年来大陆求学实习就业的便民窗口，是助力台湾青年在大陆追梦、筑梦、圆梦的务实载体。目前，已有不少台湾青年通过平台查阅资讯、投递简历，找到心仪工作。 她指出，民进党当局的相关说辞完全颠倒黑白，是彻头彻尾的恶意抹黑。
三 | 他们不去思考如何为台湾青年开拓发展空间，反而大搞信息封锁；他们无视两岸青年交流的时代潮流，不断编造谎言刻意阻扰；他们不顾台湾青年寻找发展机遇的现实需求，炮制不实说法恐吓打压台青。究其本质，他们就是惧怕两岸青年走近交心、增进了解，惧怕越来越多台湾青年看清“台独”虚妄，惧怕种种抹黑大陆的谎言被戳穿。 朱凤莲表示，大陆“十五五”规划起步有力、开局良好，经济呈现动能向新、结构向优的发展态势，高质量发展蕴藏广阔机遇，是台湾青年交流、学习、就业、创业的热土。我们对台湾青年的善意是真诚的，对台惠民政策措施是实在的，两岸交流交往的大势不可阻挡，台湾青年选择发展舞台的正当权利不可剥夺。
四 | 任何人为的封锁都挡不住两岸走亲走近的民心民意。广大台湾青年心中自有一杆秤，会自主作出选择。 日前，大陆海事局发布公告，受台风“白海豚”影响，对经过台湾海峡南口北上船舶实施交通管制。
五 | 台陆委会却声称此举“违反《联合国海洋法公约》等国际规范”，“中共没有任何权利可以对相关海域做出任何管制或管辖行为”。
六 | 对此，朱凤莲答问表示，世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国的一部分。中国对台湾海峡享有主权、主权权利和管辖权。根据《联合国海洋法公约》和中国国内法，台湾海峡水域分为中国内水、领海、毗连区和专属经济区，大陆海事管理机构依法履职，在台风期间对台湾海峡实施必要交通管理，旨在保障海上交通安全。
七 | 她指出，民进党当局一方面恶意炒作，借机抹黑攻击大陆，另一方面竭力附和外部势力出卖台湾利益，丧失民族立场，包藏“台独”祸心，必将自食恶果。
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