"A NEW SUSPECT IN A 26-YEAR-OLD MURDER IN MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MOSES PRICE JR. THE WISCONSIN INNOCENCE PROJECT SAYS IT HAS A SIGNED CONFESSION AND DNA EVIDENCE WHICH PROVES THAT THE 49-YEAR-OLD PRICE KILLED 62-YEAR-OLD IONE CYCHOSZ IN 1984. THE VICTIM’S NEIGHBOR, ROBERT STINSON, SPENT 23 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THAT CRIME BEFORE HE WAS FREED 16 MONTHS AGO WITH THE HELP OF THE INNOCENCE PROJECT. PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’LL DECIDE BY THE END OF THE MONTH WHETHER TO FILE NEW CHARGES."
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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. (WTAQ) - A new suspect in a 26-year-old murder in Milwaukee has been identified as Moses Price Jr," the WTAQ News story published May 13, 2010, begins, under the heading, "New Suspect ID'ed in Milwaukee Murder.
"The Wisconsin Innocence Project says it has a signed confession and DNA evidence which proves that the 49-year-old Price killed 62-year-old Ione Cychosz in 1984," the story continues.
"The victim’s neighbor, Robert Stinson, spent 23 years in prison for that crime before he was freed 16 months ago with the help of the Innocence Project. Prosecutors say they’ll decide by the end of the month whether to file new charges.
Meanwhile, the Journal Sentinel said Price committed numerous other crimes while staying free after the Cychosz murder. That includes a 5-hour crime spree a month after the killing which included 6 armed robberies and the raping of a woman. He spent 5-and-a-half years in prison for that. Then a year-and-a-half later, in 1991,
Price killed Eddie Hanson of Milwaukee and set his house on fire. Price is serving a 35-year prison sentence for that, and he’s eligible for a supervised release in 2017."
The story can be found at:
http://www.whbl.com/news/articles/2010/may/13/new-suspect-ided-milwaukee-murder/
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