While a death certificate is standard, there are acceptable alternate means in extraordinary circumstances like this.

There is a standard for us -- and that is a death certificate is required to collect benefits,

While there certainly does need to be an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Dr. Kelly's death, there are very large numbers of questions which all center on the issue of whether the public can trust what the government tells it and which relate to the information given to parliament and the public during the lead-up to war in Iraq.

We are investigating the circumstances of his death.

an immediate and full investigation into the circumstances of this death.

We're conducting our independent investigation to document the circumstances surrounding the death of the person who was fleeing the scene of a burglary, but we found no reason to believe anything improper occurred.