Category Archives: Bite Marks

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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