Steven Hayne

Steven Timothy Hayne (1942-2020) was a pathologist from the US state of Mississippi who attracted significant controversy surrounding his medical practices and testimony in criminal trials, most notably those of Cory Maye, Jimmie Duncan, and Tyler Edmonds.

Biography Hayne was born in Los Angeles, California. It is unknown when he adopted the use of the last name Hayne. He graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1959 and from Brown Medical School in 1974. He interned until 1976 at Letterman Army Medical Center in San Francisco, California. After finishing his internship, he practiced medicine in California, Kentucky, and Alabama, before settling in Mississippi in 1987. even though he was never certified to do so. He testified to performing more than 1,500 autopsies per year, While performing these autopsies, Hayne also regularly appeared in court to testify as a forensic expert, and held down two hospital jobs. In August 2008 he was terminated from his medical examiner position and was barred from performing procedures for Mississippi. The Innocence Project was responsible for identifying Hayne's misconduct and his use of state laboratories for flawed and botched autopsies.

Cory Maye case

Hayne was the medical examiner in the Cory Maye case and testified at the trial for the murder of Ron Jones.

Hayne's involvement in the wrongful convictions of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer was documented in the book The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist by journalist Radley Balko.