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A Dentist Takes the Stand: A top expert witness in grisly murder cases, Dr. Michael West has helped put dozens of people behind bars. Prosecutors love him, but many lawyers say he confuses jurors with 'junk science.'.(CRIME)(National Affairs)
When a 3-year-old girl named Christine Jackson was found raped and strangled near Brooksville, Miss., sheriff's investigators focused on Kennedy Brewer, 21. Brewer looked like the right guy. He was Christine's mother's boyfriend, and he was at home alone with Christine and his own two children on the night the little girl disappeared. But there was no hard evidence. Trace amounts of semen were recovered from Christine's body, but the sample was too small for a DNA match under the lab techniques available back in 1992. So prosecutors called Dr. Michael West, an affable and supremely confident forensic dentist from Hattiesburg. West testified that he had examined 19 mysterious wounds on Christine's body and decided they were bite marks. He also said five of the marks matched Brewer's teeth "with reasonable medical certainty." Jurors took only 95 minutes to convict Brewer, and they gave him the death penalty the next day. He is now on death row at Parchman State Penitentiary.
West has been saving tough cases for police and prosecutors for more than 15 years--a much-sought-after clutch witness who, by testifying in 71 trials in nine states, has helped send dozens of defendants away. But his performance as an expert…
- Fund drive started to help Christine Jackson.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) May 20, 2004 700+ words
...WEVONNEDA MINIS PHOTO:Christine Jackson shortly after her retirement...October. When people speak of Christine Jackson, they invariably describe...daughter. Since then, Christine Jackson has developed diabetes and...
- Christine Jackson's day.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) October 9, 2004 700+ words
...will be Coretta Scott King, who knows firsthand of Mrs. Jackson's work for civil rights. Wherever there was a need, Christine Jackson seemed to be there, working with the young, the old, the poor, those who needed remedial education, or help with parenting...
- Coretta Scott King to be guest at tribute for Christine Jackson.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) October 7, 2004 700+ words
The YWCA of Greater Charleston and friends will honor Christine Osburn Jackson, retired executive director of the YWCA, at 4 p.m. Oct. 9 at Burke High School Auditorium. Coretta Scott King, the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be the special guest. The tribute is open to the community.
- Sisters' free-range eggs take on retail challenge: since Poultry World last...
- Magazine article from: Poultry World Knowles, Lucy April 1, 2008 700+ words
Sunny Hill Eggs, in Northumberland, is focusing on building the retail side of its business and is looking forward to its forthcoming merger with Oxenrig Eggs in August 2008. The sisters set up the free-range egg company on Detchant Farm near Belford, a 405ha (1000-acre), mixed unit run with their
- Roundtable: How successful are we at engaging young employees on pensions? What...
- Magazine article from: Pensions Week March 30, 2009 700+ words
...Corporate Benefits Neil Hedges Chairman, Fishburn Hedges Christine Jackson - Head of pensions, ITV Pension Scheme Alison Munro...got other priorities. So 18 to 30 or 35 is reasonable. Christine Jackson: We need to be clever. Not all young people are interested...
- The NHS let me down, claims swine flu patient.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire June 19, 2009 700+ words
...pain I was going through don't seem to have mattered.' Christine Jackson, acting director of public health for NHS Hampshire...Hampshire. The drugs were delivered to the region in May.Christine Jackson, director of public health for NHS Hampshire, said...
- Minority-Owned Businesses Face Obstacles in Charleston, S.C.
- News wire article from: Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) February 28, 2001 700+ words
...a good bit now, (but Charleston) is still behind." Christine Jackson, director of the YWCA since the 1980s, has a similar...that almost anybody "can get access to funds easier than Christine Jackson" -- in other words, black people. Figures are hard...
- Students ready to help stem violence.
- Newspaper article from: The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) January 16, 2001 700+ words
...people, we can certainly make a dent in it. Each year, Christine Jackson, YWCA director, puts together a program to follow the...will take the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. along with Christine Jackson and thousands of students like the ones who attended Monday...
- Parents Smoke, Kids Don't: Prevention in the Home Works for Children of Tobacco...
- News wire article from: AScribe Health News Service January 2, 2006 700+ words
...children might seem counter-intuitive," said study author Christine Jackson, Ph.D., a senior research scientist at PIRE Chapel...and the National Cancer Institute. - - - - CONTACTS: Christine Jackson, Ph.D., cjackson@pire.org Jim Gogek, PIRE Public...
- YOUNGSTOCK: Thinking outside the box to grow business.
- Magazine article from: Farmers Guardian October 17, 2008 700+ words
Christine Jackson has a renewed focus on maintaining a sustainable egg production...is not the most routine occurrence in a working week, but for Christine Jackson it was a simply a chance to learn from the best. Overseeing the...
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