# Steven Hayne > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steven_Hayne > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steven_Hayne.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hayne > Source revision: 1348468167 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American pathologist (born 1942)}} {{use mdy dates |date=June 2020}} '''Steven Timothy Hayne''' (1942-2020) was a [pathologist](/source/pathologist) from the [US](/source/United_States) state of [Mississippi](/source/State_of_Mississippi) who attracted significant controversy surrounding his medical practices and [testimony](/source/testimony) in criminal trials, most notably those of [Cory Maye](/source/Cory_Maye), Jimmie Duncan, and [Tyler Edmonds](/source/Tyler_Edmonds).{{cite web|url=http://www.reason.com/news/show/122458.html|title=CSI: Mississippi: A case study in expert testimony gone horribly wrong|last=Balko|first=Radley|date=November 2007|work=[Reason Magazine](/source/Reason_Magazine)|accessdate=2009-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reason.com/news/show/36869.html|title=The Case of Cory Maye: A cop is dead, an innocent man may be on death row, and drug warriors keep knocking down doors.|last=Balko|first=Radley|date=October 2006|work=[Reason Magazine](/source/Reason_Magazine)|accessdate=2009-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/21/pathologists-work-raises-questions/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828022120/http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/21/pathologists-work-raises-questions/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2009|title=Pathologist's work raises questions|last=Adriano|first=Joneil|date=August 21, 2009|work=[AC360](/source/AC360)|publisher=[CNN](/source/CNN)|accessdate=2009-09-18}} == Biography == Hayne was born in [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles). It is unknown when he adopted the use of the last name Hayne. He graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1959 and from [Brown Medical School](/source/Brown_Medical_School) in 1974. He interned until 1976 at [Letterman Army Medical Center](/source/Letterman_Army_Medical_Center) in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco), [California](/source/California). After finishing his internship, he practiced medicine in California, Kentucky, and Alabama, before settling in Mississippi in 1987. ==Practice in Mississippi== Until 2008, Hayne performed about 80 to 90 percent of [criminal autopsies](/source/autopsy) in Mississippi,{{cite web|url=http://truthinjustice.org/steven-hayne.htm|title=Innocence Project letter blasts Steven Hayne's work|last=Mitchell|first=Jerry|date=February 14, 2008|publisher=[The Clarion Ledger](/source/The_Clarion_Ledger)|accessdate=2009-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.reason.com/blog/show/135818.html|title=Update in Mississippi: Titles Are Free!|last=Balko|first=Radley|date=September 1, 2009|work=Reason: Hit and Run|publisher=[Reason Magazine](/source/Reason_Magazine)|accessdate=2009-09-18}} even though he was never certified to do so. He testified to performing more than 1,500 autopsies per year, seven times the recommendation and considered a "Phase II deficiency" by the National Association of Medical Examiners, preventing the office from gaining accreditation. {{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/kathy-mabry-murder-steven-hayne-michael-west_n_2456970.html|title= Solving Kathy Mabry's Murder: Brutal 15-Year-Old Crime Highlights Decades-Long Mississippi Scandal|first=Radley|last=Balko|website= [HuffPost](/source/HuffPost)|date=17 January 2013|accessdate=2014-01-14}}{{cite web|url=http://thename.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=21&Itemid=71|title=Inspection & Accreditation Policies and Procedures Manual|publisher=National Association of Medical Examiners|date=July 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830231950/http://thename.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=21&Itemid=71|archivedate=2011-08-30| accessdate=2009-09-18}}{{cite web|url=http://thename.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=108&Itemid=26|title=National Association of Medical Examiners Accreditation Checklist Second Revision Adopted September 2008|publisher=National Association of Medical Examiners|pages=29|accessdate=2009-09-18}} While performing these autopsies, Hayne also regularly appeared in court to testify as a forensic expert, and held down two hospital jobs.{{cite web|url=http://reason.com/news/show/131527.html|title=Manufacturing Guilt? Experts say this exclusive video shows a dental examiner creating the bite marks that put a man on death row.|last=Balko|first=Radley|date=February 19, 2009|work=[Reason Magazine](/source/Reason_Magazine)|accessdate=2009-09-18}} In August 2008 he was terminated from his medical examiner position and was barred from performing procedures for Mississippi.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=August 5, 2008|title=Longtime State Medical Examiner Out|url=https://www.wlbt.com/story/8787746/longtime-state-medical-examiner-out|access-date=2020-11-25|website=WLBT 3|language=en-US}} The [Innocence Project](/source/Innocence_Project) was responsible for identifying Hayne's misconduct and his use of state laboratories for flawed and botched autopsies.{{Cite web|date=2008-03-05|title=How much is Steven Hayne using state labs for his botched autopsies?|url=https://innocenceproject.org/how-much-is-steven-hayne-using-state-labs-for-his-botched-autopsies/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Innocence Project|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Campbell|date=2013-01-08|title=Questions Left for Mississippi Over Doctor's Autopsies (Published 2013)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/us/questions-for-mississippi-doctor-after-thousands-of-autopsies.html|access-date=2020-11-25|issn=0362-4331}} ===Cory Maye case=== Hayne was the medical examiner in the [Cory Maye](/source/Cory_Maye) case and testified at the trial for the [murder](/source/murder) of Ron Jones. In this testimony, "Hayne said he could tell from the damage to Jones’ body the trajectory the bullet took as it entered the officer. Based on that trajectory, he speculated that Maye was standing when he shot Jones, not lying on the floor, as Maye testified. Hayne's testimony seriously damaged Maye's credibility with the jury. However, according to a post-trial review by an actual, board-certified forensics expert whom Maye's new legal team hired, it would be impossible to project the bullet's trajectory based on the tissue damage in Jones’ corpse, because Jones might have been crouching, rolling, or prone when he was hit." ===Jimmie Duncan case=== Jimmie Duncan was convicted for the 1993 murder of Haley Oliveaux of [West Monroe](/source/West_Monroe), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana) based primarily on the testimony of Hayne and Michael West, a dentist who claimed to identify bite marks and at the time coroner of [Forrest County, Mississippi](/source/Forrest_County%2C_Mississippi). Duncan had admitted to leaving Oliveaux in a bathtub unattended, and was initially charged with [negligent homicide](/source/negligent_homicide). Hayne examined Oliveaux and claimed to have found bite marks on her face that had not been seen by any of the other medical professionals who had previously examined her body, such as EMTs and hospital personnel. After this, a mold was taken of Duncan's teeth for use in bite mark analysis by Michael West. In performing this analysis, West repeatedly pressed the mold into the cheek of Oliveaux' corpse, creating bite marks which had not previously existed. This was recorded on videotape which surfaced in 2008. Michael Bowers, deputy medical examiner for [Ventura County, California](/source/Ventura_County%2C_California) commented with regard to the bite marks that "Dr. West created them. It was intentional. He's creating artificial abrasions in that video, and he's tampering with the evidence. It's criminal, regardless of what excuse he may come up with about his methods." ===Tyler Edmonds case=== In 2004, 14-year-old Tyler Edmonds was tried and convicted for the murder of his brother-in-law, Joey Fulgham, which had occurred the previous year. The murder had in fact been committed by Kristi Fulgham, Joey Fulgham's wife and Edmonds' half-sister, who had persuaded Edmonds to take the blame by claiming his age (13 at the time of the killing) meant that he wouldn't be charged. Testifying for the prosecution, Hayne claimed to have determined from the bullet wounds received by Joey Fulgham that both Edmonds and Kristi Fulgham had been holding the gun at the time the trigger was pulled. On appeal to the [Mississippi Supreme Court](/source/Mississippi_Supreme_Court), this testimony was called "speculative" and "scientifically unfounded", resulting in Edmonds' conviction being overturned. A retrial in 2008, which excluded Hayne's testimony, saw Edmonds acquitted.https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2010/dec/01/rush-to-judgment-trying-kids-as-adults/ Hayne's involvement in the wrongful convictions of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer was documented in the book “''The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist''.”{{Cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Jordan |date=April 22, 2018|title=The Authors of "The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist" on the Legacy of Junk Forensics in Mississippi and Beyond|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/04/22/junk-forensics-mississippi-cadaver-king-country-dentist-interview/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Intercept|language=en}} ==References== {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayne, Steven}} Category:Living people Category:American forensic pathologists Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Alpert Medical School alumni Category:1942 births --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Steven Hayne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hayne) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hayne?action=history)). 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