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Friday, March 13, 2026

March 13: Barry Morphew: Colorado (Junk Science): Carol McKinley reports special to The Colorado Sun that Barry Morphew's October murder trial promises to center around a highly restricted concoction of potent chemicals the autopsy revealed were discovered in his dead wife’s remains, noting that: "The premixed chemical compound, marketed as a patented product under the acronym BAM, is a regulated blend of butorphanol, azaperone and medetomidine used almost exclusively by biologists and veterinarians to sedate large animals. According to the grand jury indictment, the El Paso County coroner’s chief toxicologist found that “all three of the individual chemicals that comprise BAM were present” in Suzanne Morphew’s bone marrow. Suzanne Morphew died as a result of homicide “by unspecified means in the setting of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine intoxication,” an autopsy found. In other words, it remains unclear how Suzanne Morphew was killed, but the BAM found in her bones contributed to her death."

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The claim that Suzanne Morphew had BAM in her system is not true,” said David Beller, who has been representing Barry Mor...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

March 12: Tyree Bowie: Pennsylvania: (He tried to save the boy's life, but was instead accused of murdering him by York County prosecutors); In December, 2022, a jury acquitted him of murder after deliberating for 10 minutes following a four-week trial in December 2022 after evidence showed two-year-old Dante Mullinex had been subject to neglect and abuse from someone other than Bowie in the weeks before he died. Pennlive (Reporter Jon Bergmueller) reports that Tyree Bowie is still fighting for compensation for malicious prosecution, noting that: "The move byTyree Bowie renews his efforts to bring malicious prosecution claims against York City Detective Kyle Hower over what Bowie says are omissions and falsehoods that misled a magistrate judge."

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----------------------------- Video interview with  some of Tyree Bowie's jurors  and alternate jurors: (The jury returned  the verdict ...
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Two Blogs Now: The Charles Smith Blog; The Selfless Warriors Blog: I created the Charles Smith Blog in 2007 after I retired from The Toronto Star to permit me to keep digging into the story of the flawed pathologist and the harm he had done to so many innocent parents and caregivers, and to Ontario’s criminal justice system. Since then it has taken new directions, including examinations of other flawed pathologists, flawed pathology, and flawed science and technology which has marred the quality of justice in courtrooms around the world. On International Wrongful Conviction Day in 2024, I was thrilled to have the Blog recognized by Innocence Canada, when I was presented with the, "Rubin Hurricane Carter Champion of Justice Award." The heart of the Blog is my approach to following cases which raise issues in all of these areas - especially those involving the death penalty. I have dedicated 'The Selfless Warrior Blog’ (soon to appear) to those exceptional individuals who have been ripped out of their ordinary lives by their inability to stand by in the face of a glaring miscarriage of justice. They are my ’Selfless Warriors.’ Enjoy!
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