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The Case of Junk Science - Bite Mark Evidence
📻 Episode #145
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Aug 03, 2020
About This Episode
Introducing Josh Dubin, civil rights and criminal defense attorney, and Innocence Ambassador to the Innocence Project in New York. On the debut episode of Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science, Josh explores bite mark evidence.
The Case
Introducing Josh Dubin, civil rights and criminal defense attorney, and Innocence Ambassador to the Innocence Project in New York. On the debut episode of Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science, Josh explores bite mark evidence.
Like other forms of junk science used in criminal trials, bite mark evidence does not benefit crime victims or their loved ones. So why is it treated like credible science?
It turns out that the charade of bite mark evidence is actually older than the United States.
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00:03:14“Speaker 1: The cops come back in and they tell you you Speaker 1: can leave the police station, but they also tell you you're Speaker 1: not to leave town. Three sleepless nights later, you're at Speaker 1: your house, laying awake in bed, and you're really overcome Speaker 1: by anxiety. You're wondering, do I need an attorney or”
00:14:24“Speaker 1: a bitemark can be used to identify the person that Speaker 1: did the biting, right. Speaker 2: The identification of human remains through dental records is kind Speaker 2: of a trojan horse for the forensic dentistry crowd to Speaker 2: get into court on bitemark evidence, and I've seen it”
00:23:52“Speaker 1: Yet these so called facts about bitemarks are being used Speaker 1: to turn a jury against you. These sports are still Speaker 1: being used to wrongly convict people all over the country. Speaker 1: There are people sitting on death row right now whose Speaker 1: cases are based on the junk science of bitemark evidence.”
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Also on the podcast: #147 Junk Science - Bloodstain Pattern Evidence · #149 Junk Science - Arson Evidence · #152 Junk Science - Hair Microscopy Evidence