DNA tests raise questions in case
The judge who sentenced a man to death a decade ago for rape and murder based on purported bite marks on the victim's body said Wednesday that he is considering...
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Mother hoping DNA frees son
Susie Tankersley last saw her only son a decade ago, when he was convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 65-year-old woman in a motel...
Hearing highlights DNA tests’ delicacy
Bobby Lee Tankersley sits on Arizona's Death Row largely because a forensic dentist asserted he could match Tankersley's teeth to marks found on a murder victim's body. New doubts about...
Bite-mark verdict faces new scrutiny
Thelma Younkin used an oxygen tube to help her breathe. Her killer used it as a murder weapon. In November 1991, the frail, 65-year-old Younkin was strangled with the tube,...
Report blasts FBI lab
Top FBI fingerprint examiners gave in to peer pressure when they rushed to link an Oregon lawyer to a terrorist attack in Madrid this year, according to a panel of...
Bush margin safe in Florida
The battle for Florida was expected to pick up where it left off four years ago: an achingly tight race that would defy conclusion on Election Day. But unlike four...
Scandal touches even elite labs
A decade ago, as Earl Washington Jr. neared his execution date, a leading DNA expert first suggested an analyst in the vaunted Virginia state crime lab might have erred in...
SCANDAL TOUCHES EVEN ELITE LABS
A decade ago, as Earl Washington Jr. neared his execution date, a leading DNA expert first suggested an analyst in the vaunted Virginia state crime lab might have erred in...
When labs falter, defendants pay
As John Willis sought to prove he had been wrongly convicted of a rape in the Chatham neighborhood, the Illinois State Police crime lab in Chicago came across a potential...
WHEN LABS FALTER, DEFENDANTS PAY
As John Willis sought to prove he had been wrongly convicted of a rape in the Chatham neighborhood, the Illinois State Police crime lab in Chicago came across a potential...