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Texas Innocence Project vetting dog-scent lineup cases

Time magazine picked up on the story about Fort Bend County Sheriff's Deputy Keith Pikett and his questionable "scent lineups" ("Dogs and the scent of a crime: Science or shaky evidence?," Aug. 3), noting that my former employers at the Innocence Project of Texas are vetting dozens of his old cases to prepare for an upcoming report:In mid-August, the Innocence Project of Texas plans to unveil a detailed study focusing primarily on the extensive work of one Texas dog handler whose use of scent-ID techniques is under fire in the federal courts. At the heart of the study is the work of Deputy Keith Pikett, a canine officer with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, just southwest of Houston. The first case involves Calvin Lee Miller, who was charged with robbery and sexual assault after Pikett's bloodhounds alerted police to a scent on sheets that Pikett said matched a scent swipe from Miller's cheek...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 03, 2009 (boomark / email).