Discredited forensics may upend rulings
In 1998, Panhandle high school teacher Jimmy Ates was convicted of murder for shooting his wife seven times in the couple’s Okaloosa County home. There were conflicting witness accounts and a time line with wiggle room. But the testimony of an FBI expert was indisputable: The bullets that murdered Norma Jean Ates in the couple’s bedroom came from Jimmy Ates’ box of bullets.
But was that true? Read more here in the St. Petersburg Times.
Categories: Forensics
Tags: Bullet Analysis, Bullet Lead Analysis, Expert, Expert Testimony, Faulty Evidence, FBI, Florida, Forensics