In 2019, Dr. Richard Souviron recanted his bite mark testimony in the Charles McCrory case. Two other experts also submitted affidavits saying the evidence used in trial has been discredited by advances in forensic science.
Judges on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals denied the appeal of Charles McCrory last week in his 1985 conviction for murder in a case that hung in part on recanted testimony about teeth marks., Julie Bonds, in the small town of Andalusia in south Alabama. The couple was living apart at the time but shared the care of their 3-year-old son and were attending marriage counseling.
In 2019, Souviron recanted his testimony in the McCrory case. Two other experts also submitted affidavits saying the evidence used in trial has been discredited by advances in forensic science. Texas officials set up a commission to review teeth mark cases to see whether new trials may be warranted. M. Chris Fabricant, an attorney at the Innocence Project and an expert on bite mark evidence, has said McCrory’s case is the only known bite mark conviction in Alabama.
In their decision, judges on the appeals court said McCrory’s attorneys didn’t prove that McCrory wouldn’t have been convicted without the teeth mark testimony. They said the state still had an eyewitness who said he saw McCrory’s Ford Bronco in front of the victim’s home on the morning of the murder.
Alabama courts rarely grant new trials in cases arguing for investigations of forensic evidence, even though the science has changed considerably in the last several years. The recentwho had already served sentences for rape and then discovered untested blood evidence were the first in Alabama since 2015, according to the Registry of Exonerations at the University of Michigan.
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