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Thread: On Wednesday, a prosecutor publicly chewed me out, reprimanding me for a solid few minutes before ending her rant with "Cut the shit!" I had just given a talk at #AAFS2019, in which I said I thought the prosecutor had been recklessly misleading in a 2013 court filing. /1
The prosecutor, Manhattan ADA Melissa Mourges, later told others that I had "slandered" her. It's a pretty brazen display of entitlement, not uncommon among prosecutors. So I'm going to share the PowerPoint slide in question, provide some context, and let you decide. /2
Here's the context: This was a murder case. The state wanted to introduce bitemark evidence. The defense challenged the validity of bitemark analysis, noting, among other things, that BM evidence had been discredited in the 2009 National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report. /3
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