My name is Terry Olson and I am a proud 2016 GNIP exoneree. I first attended the Innocence Network Conference in 2018. Now, I invite you to join me in donating to the Great North Innocence Project’s campaign to send more freed and exonerated clients and their support people to this important event. I know firsthand how transformative the experience can be.
Read moreForensic Odontology: A Dangerous, Debunked "Science"
Bite mark analysis relies on two assumptions: humans have unique bite patterns, and human skin is able to preserve these unique bite marks for comparison, neither of which have been scientifically proven.
Read moreDoes race matter in eyewitness identification?
One factor that can lead to eyewitness misidentification is the cross-race effect, or the phenomenon wherein people are generally worse at remembering the faces of people of a race other than their own. But why and how does this happen?
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