Charles McCrory v. Greg Lovelace

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION CHARLES MCCRORY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) CASE NO. 2:24-cv-247-RAH ) GREG LOVELACE,1 ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER INTRODUCTION In 1985, Charles McCrory (“McCrory”) was convicted of the murder of his wife, Julie Bonds McCrory (“Bonds”), and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment based in large part on bitemark identification evidence. The science behind that evidence is no longer considered reliable and the State’s own expert witness at McCrory’s murder trial has since recanted his…