STORY: "Judge frees Lamonte Armstrong after new evidence in his 1995 conviction," by reporter Mark Geary, published on June 29, 2012.
GIST: "Duke University's Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project has worked with Armstrong to get his case heard in court. Duke Law professor Theresa Newman and professor James Coleman have worked on the case along with students and alumni from the Duke Law School. Five of the students continued to work on the case, pro bono, after they graduated.........According to Greensboro Police, "a partial palm print, along with other latent prints collected at the scene, was sent to the State Crime Laboratory for identification in the early 1990's; no match was made. Advances in technology since Armstrong's trial have now helped us identify the palm print as belonging to Christopher Bernard Caviness, a person of interest in this crime. As part of re-opening this case, Greensboro Police ran the original partial palm print through its SPEX fingerprint database, which produced a hit. A latent print examiner with the Greensboro Police Department was able to make the match on the hit, which was then independently confirmed by a second print examiner and also by the State Crime Laboratory."
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I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
