investigating provisions of autopsy of a dead in detecting crime and adjudication

investigating provisions of autopsy of a dead in detecting crime and adjudication   motahareh beheshti [1] abbas samavati [2]   abstract:                                                                                                                      the right of life is one of the known rights for the humanity. if it is lapsed without lawful license, the crime should be discovered and murderer or murderers must be punished with adequate facilities as soon as possible. in some deaths, due to some evidence for crime, determining the reason of death is essential. besides, threre are some evidence that cause the death become suspicious to crime. it is necessary to perform an autopsy in this case. autopsy is important in criminal justice and recognition of reality with doctors can help judge to find the truth. jurists opinions for autopsy were  rigid and they believed that autospy was offensive, and its conduction is deemed to be equivalent to desecration, crime and mutilation.  but in the current circumstance, the benefits of autopsy are specified, so religious views have changed and despite of this religious prohibition, exhumation is necessary to discover the truth so it is allowed in some special cases. key words: respect for dead, autopsy, jurisprudence, coroner, criminal procedure   [1]. an m.a. holder in jurisprudence and principles of islamic law at yadgare-emam, iau branch. [2]. an assistant professor at islamic azad university, shahr-ray branch.