"ROBERT LEE STINSON SERVED 23 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING WRONGFULLY CONVICTED IN THE DEATH OF A 63-YEAR-OLD MILWAUKEE WOMAN IN 1985.
THE WISCONSIN INNOCENCE PROJECT HELPED TO RELEASE STINSON LAST YEAR, IN PART BY USING DNA TECHNOLOGY TO DISCREDIT EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.
STINSON IS SUING THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND A DENTIST WHO TESTIFIED THAT HIS TEETH MATCHED BITE MARKS ON THE VICTIMS' BODY."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS;
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BACKGROUND: Robert Lee Stinson was convicted of the 1985 murder of a Milwaukee woman. Stinson's conviction rested almost exclusively on bite-mark identification purporting to match Stinson's teeth to bite patterns found on the victim's body. (Dr. L Thomas Johnson, a Wisconsin bite mark analyst, testified at Stinson’s trial for a 1984 murder that bite marks on the victim’s body matched Stinson’s teeth.) In 2005, the Wisconsin Innocence Project accepted Sinton's case and developed two kinds of new evidence. First, DNA testing revealed male DNA in saliva on the victim's sweater, and this DNA excluded Stinson. Second, working with California forensic science expert Christopoher Plourd, WIP arranged for the bite-marks to be re-examined by a panel of four nationally-recognized experts, Dr. Gregory Golden, Dr. David Senn, Dr. Norman Sperber, and Dr. Denise Murmann. Using modern methods, the panel unanimously concluded that Stinson's teeth could not have inflicted the bites. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office did not oppose Stinson's motion to reverse his conviction, and he was freed. Bite-mark identification has been implicated in numerous other wrongful convictions around the country.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- "A lawyer for the city of Milwaukee is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit from a man wrongfully convicted in the eighties," the Associated Press reported earlier today under the heading "Milwaukee Attorney Wants Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Thrown Out" and the sub-heading "Milwaukee City Lawyer Asking Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit."
"Robert Lee Stinson served 23 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the death of a 63-year-old Milwaukee woman in 1985," the story continues.
"The Wisconsin Innocence Project helped to release Stinson last year, in part by using DNA technology to discredit evidence against him.
Stinson is suing the city of Milwaukee, two police officers and a dentist who testified that his teeth matched bite marks on the victims' body.
In a response filed Thursday, the city attorney's office denied that the officers conspired to frame Stinson and is asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed."
The story can be found at:
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