Even now, as a free man, Keith Harward finds it hard to explain what it was like to sit in a courtroom, on trial for a rape and murder he knew he didn’t commit, watching someone considered an expert ...

On April 25, Judge Alvin Sharp of the 4th Judicial District in Ouachita Parish set aside the murder conviction of Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, who has spent 27 years on death row for a crime he did not ...

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate's legal team ...

A little while ago, a reader sent me a Nevada Supreme Court ruling. In the unanimous opinion, the justices cited my work from the mid-2000s criticizing the use of bite-mark identification in criminal ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Bite mark evidence that may connect a murder suspect to the victim will be allowed at his trial, a judge decided Thursday, disappointing those who hoped the case would help get the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate’s legal ...

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The National Institute For Standards and Technology has said bite mark analysis “lacks sufficient scientific foundation,” but it has been used in hundreds of cases. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian has more ...

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