Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

Table of ContentsPART I: VIRGINIA V. KEITH ALLEN HARWARD & THE RISE OF JUNK SCIENCE ONE: Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System TWO: The Dentist as Forensic Scientist THREE: Credentials, Case Law, and Ted Bundy FOUR: Virulence FIVE: Lethal Nonsense SIX: Junk Science in the Supreme Court SEVEN: Life, Liberty, and DaubertPART II: TEXAS V. STEVEN MARK CHANEY & THE DNA REVOLUTIONONE: The Innocence Project TWO: The National Academy of Sciences Hearings THREE: Steven Chaney’s Path Forward FOUR: The Thirty-Eight Words that Moved the Junk Science Debate into Criminal Courts FIVE: The Principle of Finality in the Age of Mass Incarceration SIX: Denying Innocence SEVEN: Executing the Innocent EIGHT: Steven Chaney, Back on the Chain NINE: Status QuoPART III: MISSISSIPPI V. EDDIE LEE HOWARD & A JUNK SCIENCE RECKONING (OF SORTS)ONE: A Junk Science Recall TWO: The First Shots of the Bite Mark Wars THREE: Steven Chaney’s New Lawyers FOUR: Keith Harward’s Lost Lottery Ticket FIVE: The Bite Mark Wars Get Nasty SIX: Steven Chaney’s New Prosecutors SEVEN: Keith Harward’s CheckmatePART IV: EDDIE LEE HOWARD, STEVEN MARK CHANEY & THE DENTISTS’ LAST STANDONE: Our Heroes TWO: The Texas Forensic Science Commission Hearings THREE: Steven Chaney Faces His Trial ProsecutorEPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES