Man wrongly convicted with bite mark evidence confronts bite mark analystsRead More
Bite Mark
Incredibly, prosecutors are still defending bite mark evidence
Experts Argue it’s Time to Stop Using Bite Marks in Forensics
Forensic bitemark identification: weak foundations, exaggerated claims
Nov. 2016 Journal of Law and Biosciences article.
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White House science council: Bite-mark matching is junk science
White House Report Concludes that Bite-Mark Analysis is Junk Science
PCAST Report
The 2016 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Report concluded that “bitemark analysis does not meet scientific standards for foundational validity, and is far from meeting such standards. To the contrary, available scientific evidence strongly suggests that examiners cannot consistently agree on whether an injury is a human bitemark and cannot identify the …