Lake Waco murders: Grits for Breakfast says Michael Hall's excellent Texas Monthly story raises the possibility that the men convicted of the crime - one of whom was executed - were actually innocent. Central to the convictions were statements from a jailhouse snitch and forensic testimony about bite marks, a discipline whose credibility in recent years has been seriously called into question. (At trial, jurors were told bite-mark evidence was as reliable as fingerprints.)

POST: "Must-read: Michael Hall on the Lake Waco murders," published by Grits for Breakfast, on March 21, 2014.

GIST: "On my to-do list this weekend is finishing Michael Hall's excellent story in Texas Monthly on the Lake Waco murders and the possibility that the men convicted of the crime - one of whom was executed - were actually innocent. Central to the convictions were statements from a jailhouse snitch and forensic testimony about bite marks, a discipline whose credibility in recent years has been seriously called into question. (At trial, jurors were told bite-mark evidence was as reliable as fingerprints.).........(But) TM has begun to serialize the lengthy piece on their website. Check it out. This is long-form journalism at its best."

The entire post can be found at:

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2014/03/must-read-michael-hall-on-lake-waco.html

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