Saturday, January 29, 2011

Bill Clinton gave Dr Malak A Raise For his work

Nevertheless, both Governor Clinton and the Arkansas State Medical Examiner Commission Chairman, Jocelyn Elders, who had the power to remove Malak from office, not only insisted he remain, they gave him a raise.

Jocelyn Elders, Arkansas State Medical Examiner Commission Chairman

    "Based on the facts I have, I really feel that Arkansas owes Dr. Malak a great debt and a real apology."




After a grand jury overruled Malak in the Ives-Henry case, Clinton hired two out-of-state pathologists to review Malak's performance. They gave him high marks and said he should get a raise.

But the visiting pathologists were paid $20,000 from Clinton's discretionary fund. And one said at the time that he and his colleague agreed during meetings with state officials, including Betsey Wright, Clinton's chief of staff at the time, not to conduct a systematic review of Malak's cases.

* After Malak falsely accused Malcolm, the deputy county coroner, of killing the man who was taken off life support, Steve Nawojczyk, the Pulaski County coroner and Malcolm's boss, complained to Clinton. Clinton suggested only that Malak apologize.

Two months later, Clinton sent a proposal to the Legislature to raise Malak's salary by 41.5% -- to $117,875.

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Arkansas State Medical Examiner Fahmy Malak performed the first autopsies and ruled that Kevin and Don had fallen asleep on the tracks in a psychedelic stupor after smoking massive amounts of marijuana. Malak originally intended to rule the deaths a suicide, but the sheriff warned against it, so without any supporting evidence, Malak generated the marijuana-stupor scenario. The parents demanded a second opinion and the bodies were exhumed. An out-of-state team of forensic investigators agreed that the signs of murder were clear, and the ruling was changed to homicide. Malak was exposed as an incompetent fool and in spite of a public outcry to have Malak removed from office, Governor Bill Clinton made excuses for him. It became apparent that Malak was trying to prevent the deaths from being investigated as murders, and although Malak became a political liability, Clinton supported him and recommended he be given a raise.

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