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Supreme Court refuses to hear bite mark case

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Supreme Court refuses to hear bite mark case

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News@lemmy.world • 6 months ago

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for a murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited bite mark testimony.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review the case of an Alabama man who has spent decades in prison for a murder conviction supported by recanted and discredited testimony about bite marks.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240703112202/https://apnews.com/article/bite-marks-supreme-court-6306fb336f625bb171b87188ec647022

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Another unsurprising decision by SCOTUS.

Most forensic “science” is bullshit. Bite mark “evidence” is amongst the worst.

I assume polygraph results will be legalized soon.
- mad_asshatter
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  Trump bite marks are an official act.
- @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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  24•6 months ago
  This just in: conservative justice will use divination to catch the perpetrator.

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