Category Archives: Bitemarks

Texas Forensic Science Commission will investigate convictions based on bite marks

Posted on August 15, 2015 by csidds

This is Dr. Mary and Peter Bush, from the U of Buffalo. Their recent series of research papers have given the ABFO bitemark “skin-readers” a real headache. The great state of Texas will be taking a microscopic look at bitemarks. … Continue reading →

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Bite Mark Evidence Sends Innocent Man to Death Row

Posted on August 13, 2015 by csidds

Ray Krone was arrested for the sexual assault and brutal murder of a female bartender in Phoenix, Arizona in 1991. The case rested largely on bite mark evidence on the body of the victim, 36-year-old Kim Ancona. Krone was dubbed … Continue reading →

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Junk Science in the US and the UK – Hands across the sea

Posted on August 12, 2015 by csidds

The blog starts on how scientific arguments about DNA (and everything else dealing with forensics) within the US courts are so heavily affected by legalisms which allow one state (in this newest case NJ) to accept the opinion of another state (NY … Continue reading →

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Bitemark Evidence Proving to be Unreliable | National Law Journal

Posted on August 11, 2015 by csidds

A bad month for the bite mark crew of the American Academy of Sciences and the NIST/DOJ National Commision on Forensic Science. http://m.nationallawjournal.com/module/alm/app/nlj.do#!/article/1751566393

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AP:Mississippi death row inmate returns to trial court to argue for vacating conviction – bitemarks

Posted on August 10, 2015 by csidds

Besides new DNA from post-conviction testing, the MS Special Assistant Attorney General Jason L. Davis says that “new” evidence showing bite marks are now discredited “science” should now be barred. He seemed confused about his own state’s crime lab’s DNA results … Continue reading →

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MS Supreme Court remands Howard for new litigation, which is not progress.

Posted on August 7, 2015 by csidds

In response to recent oral arguments, the MS high court just issued this 2015-08-06 order Howard for a “new evidentiary hearing.” This case has had major prosecutorial bitemark ID junk evidence issues for decades and nearly a ten year effort to get … Continue reading →

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Forensics: 1996 op-ed warning about DNA’s effect on bitemark opinions

Posted on August 3, 2015 by csidds

A warning to bitemark experts that has been ignored by the AAFS and its flesh bite experts. This was published in the forensic dental newsletter of the ABFO. http://www.expertlaw.com/library/identification/bite_marks.html

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Forensics : 1960 When bitemarks were considered equal to fingerprints……..

Posted on August 2, 2015 by csidds

………a British dentist said “bruises in human flesh” bitemarks were”unreliable evidence” and expressed reasons that were, 49 years later, used by the National Academy of Sciences in 2009 . He also said “usually a self-styled expert” and “so-called expert (s)” … Continue reading →

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Federal judge opinion about “experts peddling junk science to credulous judges and jurors”…..

Posted on July 29, 2015 by csidds

This federal court (from the Chicago area) opinion speaks to how people exonerated of serious crimes have little legal recourse (having no state statutes and judicial case law privileges or right to sue most government “actors.”) for recompense for damages caused … Continue reading →

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Update: White House Report on Forensics Science: “Eradicate” the Use of Bitemarks

Posted on July 22, 2015 by csidds

Update on the Update: More on this today (Wednesday July 22, 2015) from Radley Balko at THE WATCH On Tuesday, July 21, the White House OSTP issued an oral presentation by: Jo Handelsman “Dr. Jo Handelsman is the Associate Director for … Continue reading →

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