A bite mark, a forensic dentist, a murder: how junk science ruins innocent lives | US justice system | The Guardian

Charles McCrory has spent decades in prison for the murder of his wife, convicted on the strength of bite mark evidence. The problem? CSI-style forensics is bad science

It's a truism that the prisons are full of innocent people. Here's one of the reasons.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/28/forensics-bite-mark-junk-science-charles-mccrory-chris-fabricant