AG, US ATTORNEY REVIEWING BRAIN DONATIONS

November 19, 2004

 

NOVEMBER 19, 2004

CHARLES DOW, DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, 626-8577

 

            Attorney General Steven Rowe and United States Attorney Paula Silsby said today that their offices are working together in a review of about 100 Maine cases in which brains were donated to a Maryland-based research laboratory. 

            Attorney General Rowe said, “A few weeks ago, I asked United States Attorney Silsby to work with us on this matter, and I am happy that she agreed.  The fact that detectives have been talking to families has already been reported in the media.  We will, however, decline to comment on these cases until the review is concluded and publicly available information has been identified.”

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