About this episode

This episode explores the wrongful conviction of Charles McCrory, who was sentenced to life in prison based on discredited bite mark evidence.

n 1985, Charles McCrory was convicted of murdering his wife in their small Alabama hometown — a brutal crime scene with no blood on him, no witnesses, and no physical evidence tying him to the house. What sent him to prison for life was a celebrity forensic dentist who testified that two small marks on Julie's arm were a bite mark made by Charles's teeth. Forty years later, that same dentist has recanted. The science behind bite-mark evidence has been thoroughly discredited. And there are reasons to believe another man — one the police knew about from the beginning — should have been the prime suspect all along. Speaking with Charles himself from inside an Alabama prison, and with his attorney Mark Loudon-Brown, this episode asks how a wrongful conviction can outlast the evidence that built it. Subscribe to our newsletter:  ⁠ https://jedlipinski.substack.com/⁠   Connect with Jed Lipinski: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/gonesouthpodcast/ ⁠ https://www.facebook.com/groups/gonesouthpodcast/ ⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jed-lipinski/

People in this episode

Guest: Charles McCrory

Topics covered

• wrongful conviction
• forensic science
• bite mark evidence
• criminal justice
• murder case
• Alabama

Keywords

• Charles McCrory
• wrongful conviction
• bite mark evidence
• forensic dentist
• Alabama
• murder case
• criminal justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Audacy Podcasts

Places: Alabama, Alabama

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