There are a handful of controversial practices in forensics, but one leads ongoing conversations of questionable validity. Bite mark analysis has long been used to convict apparent criminals of aggressive crimes, but some professionals think it’s time to retire the practice. The Innocence Files, a new documentary series that focuses on wrongful convictions organization The Innocence Project, features questions about the technology in its opening episode. The series, which premiered on Netflix Wednesday, dives into the ongoing battle to exonerate those who have been wrongfully convicted and shines a light on some of the criminal justice practices many advocates campaign to cancel. While the series notes a list of forensic practices that some deem unfit—like evidence from hair strands, shoe prints and tire marks—bite marks lead the conversation. The still-used practice compares the pattern of a perpetrator’s teeth with markings on a victim’s body. Usually, these are bruise marks or wounds left with so much force, odontologists can see the smaller, unique details of a criminal’s teeth. Episode one, titled “The Evidence: Indeed and Without Doubt” tells the story of Levon Brooks who spent 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. He was accused of killing a… Read full this story
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