March 05, 2009
In a piece about the Jimmie Duncan case, Monroe, Louisiana’s black newspaper the Free Press writes… In 2000 there was another strange autopsy report in Ouachita Parish. Jeremy Burton tried to rob a motel on Louisville avenue and was cornered by the cops in a dark alley. Shots were fired ...
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March 04, 2009
Last Thursday, we posted my report about a video of a bite mark examination in Louisiana that showed possible criminal evidence tampering by Mississippi dentist and self-proclaimed bite mark expert Dr. Michael West. The evidence was used to help convict Jimmie Duncan of raping and murdering 23-month...
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March 02, 2009
Last major collection of links. Alvis has a TAKS test tomorrow so we are going retro and watching some Azumanga Daioh anime DVD’s to melt our brain cells before heading off to an early bedtime. I’ll try to section it up a bit. Lots of neat finds and worthy candidates for your attention. Do...
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Because I have way too many browser tabs open. Mexican drug lord hit men dress up like a SWAT team to carry out an execution in Phoenix. The rest of the story is just damned scary. But remember, the violence means we’re winning! Photos of a long-shuttered child development center in Maryland. ...
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February 27, 2009
So as noted below, the Hattiesburg American and the Jackson Clarion-Ledger both picked up my story posted at Reason last week about a 1993 video of a bite mark examination on a 23-month old Louisiana girl named Haley Oliveaux. The video implicates Mississippi forensic experts Michael West and Steven...
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February 19, 2009
Just a little follow-up. The bite mark evidence was the only physical evidence the prosecution presented that purportedly linked him to Haley Oliveaux. But they did present other evidence, including jailhouse snitch testimony (a guy who said Duncan confessed to him), and some lacerations on the youn...
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My story is up. Short summary: Several months ago, I was able to obtain a pretty shocking video of one of Dr. Michael West’s infamous post-mortem “bite mark examinations.” This particular exam was performed on a 23-month-old Louisiana girl named Haley Oliveaux. As with most cases, ...
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February 17, 2009
Director : Errol Morris Release Date : 29 May 2008 (Germany) Genre : Documentary, Crime, War Cast : (Credited cast) , Christopher Bradley as MP Frost, Sarah Denning as M.P. Harman, Joshua Feinman as MP Elliot, Jeff L. Green as M.P. Catthcart, Merry Grissom as Interrogator, Roy Halo as Gus, Cyrus Kin...
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February 06, 2009
A forthcoming study from the National Academy of Sciences is expected to send shockwaves through the criminal justice system. People who have seen it say it is a sweeping critique of many forensic methods that the police and prosecutors rely on, including fingerprinting, firearms identification and ...
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