This is an opinion cartoon.
Editor’s Note: The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state prosecutors defend debunked junk science, like bite marks, to keep people in prison. Other times, they ignore updated scientific findings, such as recent DNA tests, to defend old theories that led to a conviction. In this series, AL.com will highlight several cases where science is at odds with the sentence.
Major props, high fives and fist bumps to my friend and esteemed AL.com colleague Ivana Hrynkiw for doing the heavy lifting on the story behind today’s cartoon. I just did a drive-by hit and run drawing…