How a Paid Expert Reversed His View of a Notoriously Flawed Prosecution in the Rape of a Bestselling Author The recent reversal by Bennett Gershman, a paid expert, on the notorious miscarriage of justice in upstate New York has sent shockwaves through the legal community.
The case, involving author Alice Sebold's rape conviction of Anthony Broadwater, raises fundamental questions about the role of experts in court and the pursuit of truth.
Gershman initially described the prosecution as "the most heinous kind of prosecutorial misconduct — when the prosecutor is creating guilt.