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Bite Marks and Broken Justice: A Louisiana Man’s Life and Death Struggle Against Junk Science
by David Kim
In a Louisiana courtroom last September, attorney Scott Greene stood before those in attendance and issued a stark warning: The video they were about to see would unsettle them. Recorded in 1993 as part of a murder investigation, the grainy footage captured forensic dentist Dr. Michael West ...
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More from this issue:
- A Guilty Voice: Is Voice Analysis Junk Science or Reliable Evidence?, by Clarence Walker Jr.
- SCOTUS Clarifies It Had Already Been ‘Clearly Established Federal Law’ in 2004 for Purposes of AEDPA That Evidence at Trial Can Be So Prejudicial as to Violate Due Process, by Sam Rutherford
- From the Editor Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Holdings and Dicta*, by Richard Resch
- How to Take Your Postconviction Case Directly to the U.S. Supreme Court: A Roadmap to Direct Collateral Review, by Dale Chappell
- ‘Jack the Ripper’ Meets DNA Analysis, by James Mills
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces State Wiretap Statute Requires Suppression of Both Audio and Video Components of Audiovisual Footage of Unlawfully Intercepted Oral Communication Showing Defendant as Party to Communication, by Douglas Ankney
- Faster Justice: Rapid DNA Set to Expand Law Enforcement Reach, by Jo Ellen Nott
- FBI Pressured Forensic Science Group to Censor Critical Workshops, Emails Reveal, by Michael Thompson
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Defense Counsel Had Actual Conflict of Interest Where Own Performance During Police Interview of Defendant Could Serve as Basis of Motion to Suppress Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, New Trial Required W, by Anthony Accurso
- California Court of Appeal Vacates Sentence Where Trial Court Imposed Sentence Under ‘One Strike’ Enhancement Statute Enacted After Crimes Were Committed, by Douglas Ankney
- Study Confirms New York City’s ShotSpotter Deployment Was a Costly Misstep, by Michael Thompson
- Shakedown in New Mexico: Decades-Long Police Corruption Scandal Rocks Albuquerque’s DWI Unit, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Trump Appoints ‘Pardon Czar’ at Black History Month Event, by James Mills
- How Online Behavioral Ads Fuel Mass Surveillance, by Michael Thompson
- Convicted Double Murderer Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina, by David Kim
- Filming ICE Agents at Work: Know Your Rights, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Can Comics Help Juries Understand Complex DNA Evidence?, by Michael Thompson
- California Police Misused State Databases Over 7,000 Times in 2023, by James Mills
- Government Hacks Computers to Thwart Hackers, by James Mills
- Nebraska Supreme Court Announces ‘Working Days’ for Purposes of ‘Temporary Domicile’ SORA Reporting Requirement Means Weekdays, Excluding Legal Holidays, and Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register, by Sagi Schwartzberg
- California Court of Appeal Vacates Former NFL Star’s Rape Conviction Because Prosecutor’s Racial Statements During Closing Constituted ‘Racially Discriminatory Language’ in Violation of Racial Justice Act, by Phillip Wasserman, J.D.
- EFF Launches Rayhunter: A New Tool to Detect Covert Cellular Surveillance, by David Kim
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Commonwealth Must Prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Offender Knew of SORNA Registration Obligations for Failure to Register Conviction, by Sagi Schwartzberg
- Fifth Circuit Announces Definition of ‘Controlled Substance’ in Effect at Time of Current Sentencing Applies for Purposes of Career-Offender Enhancement, Not Definition at Time of Prior Sentencings, by Jeffrey Cohen
- Bite Marks and Broken Justice: A Louisiana Man’s Life and Death Struggle Against Junk Science, by David Kim
- Nevada Supreme Court: Theft Offenses and Possessing or Receiving Stolen Property Offenses Are Mutually Exclusive and Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Conviction for Both Offenses When Based on Same Conduct, by Douglas Ankney
- Virtual Injustice: How Remote Hearings Harm Incarcerated Defendants, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Maryland Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion by Failing to Exercise That Discretion Where It Summarily Refused Requested Jury Instruction Because It Was a Non-Pattern Instruction and ‘Some Evidence’ Supported the Instruction, by Douglas Ankney
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More from David Kim:
- Central Bank Digital Currencies: Trojan Horses Delivering Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Monetary Innovation, Aug. 15, 2025
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Adopts 2025 Amendments to Resolve Circuit Conflicts, Aug. 1, 2025
- The Flawed Science of Cannabis Impairment Detection: The Need for Evidence-Based Reform, Aug. 1, 2025
- Summary of the 2025 Drug Offenses Amendment by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Aug. 1, 2025
- Tenth Circuit Announces Motor Vehicles Are Not Per Se Instrumentalities of Interstate Commerce Under Commerce Clause for Purposes of the Federal Kidnapping Statute, Aug. 1, 2025
- The Quiet Transformation of Government Data into a Mass Surveillance Tool, Aug. 1, 2025
- The Arrival of REAL ID: National ID Cards and Internal Passports in America, Aug. 1, 2025
- Beyond the City Limits: How Rural Sheriff’s Departments Are Driving the Spike in Police Killings, Aug. 1, 2025
- Fourth Circuit Announces Sentencing Disparity Between Defendant and Co-Defendants Alone Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling’ Reason Sufficient to Justify Compassionate Release, Aug. 1, 2025
- SCOTUS Announces ‘Economic Loss’ Not Required to Violate Federal Wire Fraud Statute, July 1, 2025
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- Two Exonerated Illinois Prisoners Win Settlements Totaling $14.5 Million, Aug. 1, 2025. Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment.
- Fourth Circuit Revives Wrongful Conviction Claim of Exonerated Maryland Prisoner, State Pays Him $3.1 Million, Aug. 1, 2025. Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment.
- $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Confessions - Coerced, Confessions and Statements of Defendant.
- $12 Million for Former California Prisoner Exonerated After 17 Years, July 15, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Coercive Interrogations.
- $7.75 Million Settlement for Exonerated North Carolina Prisoner, June 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment.
- $13 Million Awarded to Exonerated Massachusetts Prisoner for Wrongful Conviction, June 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment.
- Rejected by Conviction Integrity Unit, 27 New York Prisoners Exonerated Anyway, June 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Offense of Conviction.
- Kansas Supreme Court Denies Compensation to Former Prisoner Whose Conviction Was Overturned, May 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Damages - Compensatory.
- New Orleans Public Defender’s “Redeem Team” Says: “Re-entry Is Never Over”, May 1, 2025. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Life without Parole (LWOP), Juveniles, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
