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Bite Mark

Cases Where DNA Revealed that Bite Mark Analysis Led to Wrongful Arrests and Convictions

April 16, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

Article by the Innocence Project identifying concerns with bite mark analysis and discussing five cases where individuals were convicted based largely on bite mark analysis, only to be proven innocent through DNA years later.

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Forensic Ontology – Bitemark Evidence

April 16, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

Blog created by David C. Averill, DDS, and past president of the American Board of Forensic Odontology. It includes articles and news reports on the controversial area of bite mark analysis, as well as information about cases where bite mark evidence has played a role.

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Innocence Project’s amicus brief

April 16, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

For a copy of the Innocence Project’s amicus brief in a Frye challenge to the admissibility of bite mark evidence, email Sarah Rackley Olson.

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American Board of Forensic Odontology (ABFO) Reference Manual

April 16, 2019 //  by Sarah Olson

As of 2016, the ABFO Standards and Guidelines no longer permit conclusions of “exact match” or that a perpetrator made a mark without a doubt. This marks a significant change in the field. The strongest conclusion permissible now is that a person is “not excluded as having made the bitemark.” See p. 94 and 102. …

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Bite Mark

THE INNOCENCE PROJECT (IP) is a national litigation and public policy organization based in New York dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. As the DNA exonerations have revealed, the misapplication of forensic science has been a leading cause of wrongful convictions. The newly created …

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Dr. Michael Tabor

March 12, 2019 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

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Dr. Valerie Murrah

March 12, 2019 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

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Yet another bite-mark conviction is unraveling

May 21, 2018 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Yet another bite-mark conviction is unravelingRead More

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Reversal of Bite-Mark Murder Conviction Mandates Hard Look at Forensic Evidence

March 16, 2018 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

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Forensic Experts Granted ‘Qualified Immunity’ for 1990s Bite Marks Testimony

June 30, 2017 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Forensic Experts Granted ‘Qualified Immunity’ for 1990s Bite Marks TestimonyRead More

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Another bite mark exoneration: Alfred Swinton released after 19 years in prison

June 9, 2017 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Another bite mark exoneration: Alfred Swinton released after 19 years in prisonRead More

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Bite mark analysis, other forensic techniques under review (VA)

February 18, 2017 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Bite mark analysis, other forensic techniques under review (VA)Read More

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Man wrongly convicted with bite mark evidence confronts bite mark analysts

February 16, 2017 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Man wrongly convicted with bite mark evidence confronts bite mark analystsRead More

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Incredibly, prosecutors are still defending bite mark evidence

January 30, 2017 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

Incredibly, prosecutors are still defending bite mark evidenceRead More

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Experts Argue it’s Time to Stop Using Bite Marks in Forensics

December 1, 2016 //  by Chris Liu-Beers

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