Two marks helped send an Alabama man to prison for life. A judge now says they changed everything.

A federal judge has ordered Alabama to either retry the case or release Charles McCrory from prison. This decision follows a ruling that discredited bite-mark evidence played a significant role in securing his original life sentence. The judge determined that these specific marks, which previously helped send the Alabama man to prison for life, have now been invalidated, fundamentally changing the legal standing of the conviction and necessitating this immediate judicial intervention for the defendant.