DNA versus ABFO bitemark opinion and the FBI CODIS gaff denies chance to find the real murderer

Posted on December 3, 2014 by csidds

DNA Exonerates NJ Man Imprisoned for Nearly 20 Years image

Click picture for Gerard’s post exoneration video

The NY Innocence Projects’s fight to identify a murderer is blocked by a ridiculous FBI rule about “lawyer lab certification.” All this started with another wrongful conviction ( N=1480 at the National Registry of Exonerations). Gerard Richardson spent 20 years in prison because of a bitemark matching opinion. DNA proved the dentist was wrong.

 

As is typical in these usually rancorous exoneration cases, the article states the “Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office refused repeated requests for comment.” They can’t face the fact of Gerard’s innocence and ignore the glaring fact that the real murderer could still be at large. Never mind  the possibility that other crimes and homicides may have occurred by this unknown man.

Is this shocking anyone?

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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.
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3 Responses to DNA versus ABFO bitemark opinion and the FBI CODIS gaff denies chance to find the real murderer

  1. csidds's avatar csidds says:
    December 3, 2014 at 11:18 am

    Reblogged this on FORENSICS in FOCUS @ CSIDDS | News and Trends and commented:

    DNA versus ABFO bitemark opinions and the FBI CODIS gaff denies chance to find the real murder. The full story and view exoneree Gerald Richardson’s post conviction video.

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