Research Letter

Deaths Caused by Law Enforcement in the US

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.9981

July 08, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This study uses national cause-of-death data to examine long-term trends in deaths caused by US law enforcement.

Corresponding Author: Caroline Raymond-King, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, 464 Congress Ave, New Haven, CT 06519 (c.king@yale.edu).

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