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The Case of Charles McCrory
📻 Episode #276
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 14, 2022
About This Episode
On May 31, 1985, Julie Bonds McCrory was found beaten to death in her home in Andalusia, Alabama. Julie’s husband, Charles McCrory, quickly became the main suspect. Forensic Dentist, Dr. Richard Souviron, testified that an alleged bite mark on Julie’s body was made by Charles. Regardless of Charles’ alibi and another similar crime committed by…
The Case
On May 31, 1985, Julie Bonds McCrory was found beaten to death in her home in Andalusia, Alabama. Julie’s husband, Charles McCrory, quickly became the main suspect. Forensic Dentist, Dr. Richard Souviron, testified that an alleged bite mark on Julie’s body was made by Charles. Regardless of Charles’ alibi and another similar crime committed by a more compelling suspect, the prosecution built their case around Charles and sentenced him to life in prison. Years later, Dr Souviron recanted his testimony.
https://innocenceproject.org/charles-mccrory-innocent-incarcerated-35-years-in-alabama/#:~:text=In%201985%2C%20Innocence%20Project%20and,Julie%20Bonds%20in%20Andalusia%2C%20Alabama
https://www.schr.org/
https://www.amazon.com/Science-American-Criminal-Justice-System/dp/1636140300
https://lavaforgood.com/podcast/145-wrongful-conviction-junk-science-bite-mark-evidence/
https://lavaforgood.com/with-jason-flom/
In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
Short excerpts from the episode's official published transcript, with timestamps — listen from these moments, or read the full transcript via the podcast's own platforms.
00:06:10“Speaker 3: of their members on their abilities to actually match bike Speaker 3: marks or even diagnose them. They just gave each other Speaker 3: board certifications to bring into court and Wougers and places Speaker 3: like andlus Alabama, and they led to a lot of Speaker 3: wrongful convictions, including at least three others by Dick Suberan.”
00:24:08“Speaker 1: her head. Now again, he was making an observation and Speaker 1: she had a massive gash to the back of her head. Speaker 1: So far, this is not a compelling case at all. Speaker 1: Then they brought out the nineteen year old with the Speaker 1: crazy midnight gardening story, Willie Meeks, who had been staying”
00:41:12“Speaker 3: said they were standing, and you were looking toward the Speaker 3: victim's house, you would not have been able to see Speaker 3: the driveway in the way that they claimed. And when Speaker 3: we put our investigator on the stand, we showed evidence Speaker 3: from the nineteen eighties that showed that the houses were”
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