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Oct 2020
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Episode 88 - The Bite Mark Case Of Newpo...

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On a fall evening in 1982, as residents of Newport News, Virginia lay peacefully asleep in their beds, a vicious predator quietly crept through the dark and quiet streets preparing to attack.

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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/

The Innocence Project:
https://www.innocenceproject.org

Keith Harward:
https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/keith-allen-harward
https://www.innocenceproject.org/netflix-innocence-files-documentary-series-bite-marks-wrongful-conviction

Research & Writing:
Ashton Morrow

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Scene Of The Crime https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scene-of-the-crime/id1490638628

Sources:
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4869
https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/uva-law-professor-questions-testimony-in-82-murder-case/
https://time.com/wrongly-convicted/
article_385f646c-f506-11e5-a994-773521dd4cc9.html
https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nws-harward-release-20160408-story.html
https://dailyprogress.com/archives/wrongly-imprisoned-man-adjusts-to-freedom-family-technology/article_6d02709e-0a49-11e6-851a-cf8ac019e065.html
https://www.innocenceproject.org/keith-harward-innocence-files-where-is-he-now/
https://screenrant.com/innocence-files-keith-harward-now-what-happened/
https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nws-harward-innocent-20160407-story.html
https://roanoke.com/news/virginia/one-year-after-release-keith-harward-travels-country-to-point-out-failures-of-forensic-science/article_a1e6e54c-7626-52c3-8e8d-6b8f474e49b9.html
https://www.justice.gov/ncfs/page/file/959681/download
https://www.innocenceproject.org/keith-harward-demands-change/
https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases-where-dna-revealed-that-bite-mark-analysis-led-to-wrongful-arrests-and-convictions/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/08/keith-allen-harward-exonerated-dna-evidence-virginia
https://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-harward-wrongful-conviction-20170216-story.html
https://heraldcourier.com/news/va-attorney-general-agrees-keith-harward-innocent-of-1982-rape-and-murder/article_eace94e8-fc12-11e5-8cd3-e7b6d7a101b6.html
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