Alabama man jailed 40 years to be freed after judge rejects bite mark evidence

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Sept, 18:14 · Archive

Charles McCrory, convicted of his wife's murder in 1985, is to be freed after a judge rejected bite mark evidence as unreliable.

McCrory was sentenced to life for the 1985 death of Julie Bonds McCrory. His conviction was largely based on bite mark evidence, which prosecutors claimed he inflicted in a rage. A judge has now determined this evidence to be 'junk science' and unreliable.

How it is being reported

• Alabama ‘wife killer’ set to be freed over ‘junk’ bitemark evidence after 40 years in prisonCharles McCrory was convicted of beating Julie Bonds McCrory to death in 1985 in a case that hung almost entirely on now-debunked “bite mark evidence” that prosecutors said he made in a fit of rage, according to AL.com.New York Post · 23 Sept, 17:54
• Alabama man who spent more than four decades in prison set to be FREED as judge slams 'junk science' piece of evidenceCharles McCrory was convicted and sentenced to life for slaying his wife, Julie Bonds McCrory, in May 1985 but could soon be free.Daily Mail · 23 Sept, 03:51

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