Category Archives: Bite Marks

Exonerations of defendants accused by bitemark dentists grows to two dozen

Posted on July 8, 2013 by csidds

The passage of time has dealt the remaining believers in bite mark identification a serious blow. When the Innocence Project (IP) published this wrongful list posted here, the numbers were rather few, considering the popularity of the method of using … Continue reading →

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Bite mark expert defends his methods as good for the court system without scientific validation

Posted on July 1, 2013 by csidds

Use this as a counter-point to the recent Associated Press investigation on the failure of bite mark comparisons as a reliable forensic science. Over at the Bite Marks Evidence blog, David Averill posts this incredible video used in a 2011 … Continue reading →

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Innocent and after spending 20 years in Illinois prison, Bennie Starks sues prosecution’s bitemark experts

Posted on June 20, 2013 by csidds

Bennie Starks In a twist of fate, two Illinois dentists are being sued by Bennie Starks whom they determined, in a 1986 trial, left a bite mark on a rape victim. They claimed the bite mark as “medically certain” to … Continue reading →

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