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evidenceevidencephotographSteven AveryBrendan DasseyPhotographs of facial bone fragmentsIn the Avery trial, Leslie Eisenberg described one photograph as showing recognizable portions of the eye sockets, nasal bone, and cheekbones, and the other as a close-up of the forehead and nasal-bone area. In the Dassey trial, she used the photographs to explain how the shape of the bone above the left eye socket contributed to her conclusion that the remains she examined were female. The photographs were admitted in both trials.
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Photographs of facial bone fragments

In the Avery trial, Leslie Eisenberg described one photograph as showing recognizable portions of the eye sockets, nasal bone, and cheekbones, and the other as a close-up of the forehead and nasal-bone area. In the Dassey trial, she used the photographs to explain how the shape of the bone above the left eye socket contributed to her conclusion that the remains she examined were female. The photographs were admitted in both trials.

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  • Photographs of recognizable facial-bone fragments
  • Photographs of facial bone fragments used to explain Eisenberg's sex determination

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The photographs were used to explain the facial-bone features underlying Eisenberg's opinion that the remains she examined were those of a female.

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