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'''Positional asphyxiation''' is a fallacious medical theory misused to obtain criminal convictions.  The theory is physically implausible and intrinsically entails [[reasonable doubt]] such that no reasonable [[jury]] would convict based on it.  Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (p. 166) defines "positional asphyxiation" as the "pathologic changes caused by lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in hypoxia and hypercapnia[,]" due to one's position.  Note that it does not describe it as commonly fatal.

'''Positional asphyxiation''' is a fallacious medical theory misused to obtain criminal convictions.  The theory is physically implausible and intrinsically entails [[reasonable doubt]] such that no reasonable [[jury]] would convict based on it.  Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (p. 166) defines "positional asphyxiation" as the "pathologic changes caused by lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in hypoxia and hypercapnia[,]" due to one's position.  Note that it does not describe it as commonly fatal in the absence of being completely crushed by an avalanche or stampede.

Improperly relying on a biased [[Wikipedia]] entry, the [[Michigan]] Supreme Court declared that:

Improperly relying on a biased [[Wikipedia]] entry, the [[Michigan]] Supreme Court declared that:

Positional asphyxiation played a prominent role in the [[Chauvin trial bias]].  A trial court order explained:

Positional asphyxiation played a prominent role in the [[Chauvin trial bias]].  A trial court order explained:

{{cquote|Floyd was taken by ambulance to the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in downtown Minneapolis where he was pronounced dead at 9:25 p.m. on May 25, 2020. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner (HCME) Andrew Baker, Floyd's death resulted from "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression," HCME Autopsy Report & HCME Press Release Report, and the "manner of death" was "homicide."18 Id. A separate autopsy review by the federal Armed Forces Medical Examiner System agreed with the HCME's autopsy findings and cause of death certification, concluding that Floyd's "death was caused by the police subdual and restraint in the setting of severe hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and methamphetamine and fentanyl intoxication," and that the "subdual and restraint had elements of positional and mechanical asphyxiation."}}

{{cquote|Floyd was taken by ambulance to the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in downtown Minneapolis where he was pronounced dead at 9:25 p.m. on May 25, 2020. According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner (HCME) Andrew Baker, Floyd's death resulted from "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression," HCME Autopsy Report & HCME Press Release Report, and the "manner of death" was "homicide."18 Id. A separate autopsy review by the federal Armed Forces Medical Examiner System agreed with the HCME's autopsy findings and cause of death certification, concluding that Floyd's "death was caused by the police subdual and restraint in the setting of severe hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and methamphetamine and fentanyl intoxication," and that the "subdual and restraint had elements of positional and mechanical asphyxiation."}}

''State v. Chauvin'', 2020 Minn. Dist. LEXIS 443, *39-40

''State v. Chauvin'', 2020 Minn. Dist. LEXIS 443, *39-40.

[[category:legal Terms]]

[[category:legal Terms]]