Dentist Under Fire in 2 Cases -- Testimony Linked Bite Marks to Defendants; Dna Exonerated Men
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › March 03, 2008
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MACON - At a small-town courthouse in one of rural Mississippi's poorest counties, Dr. Michael West swore under oath that a dead girl had bite marks all over her body and that they were made by the two front teeth of the man charged with murdering her.
Such testimony had become commonplace for West. The dentist considered himself an authority on forensic odontology and had taken the stand at numerous trials as a paid expert for the prosecution.See the full content of this document
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Dentist Under Fire in 2 Cases -- Testimony Linked Bite Marks to Defendants; Dna Exonerated Men
On the strength of West's testimony and little else, a jury in 1995 convicted Kennedy Brewer of raping and murdering the 3-year- old girl and sentenced him to death.
Three years earlier, West gave similar testimony in a nearly identical rape-and-murder case involving another 3-y...See the full content of this document
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