| First Name | Cifizzari |
| Last Name | Gary |
| Year of Conviction | 1984 |
| Year of Exoneration | 2019 |
| Testing inculpated culprit | Cold Hit |
| State of Conviction | Massachusetts |
| Trial, Bench Trial, or Guilty Plea | Trial |
| Type of Crime | Murder |
| Life / LWOP sentence | Life without parole |
| Gender of Exoneree | Male |
| Race of exoneree | White |
| Did the defendant testify at trial? | Yes |
| Quotes from Exoneree Testimony | “Q: Did you do anything to hurt your Aunt Connie? A: I don’t understand that question. [Defense]: I can’t hear you, sir. A: No I didn’t. Q: Did you do anything to hurt your Aunt Connie? A: No I didn’t. I didn’t kill my aunt.” |
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| Brief Quote / Description of Testimony | “Forensic odontologist stated the opinion that a mold of Cifizzari’s teeth matched the tracing of the bite mark on the victim: “”I do believe that they are the same.”” Later using a slide projector of a phootograph of the model and the bitemark, stating “”the teeth on this yellow model of Gary Cifizzari’s upper jaw did make those marks within a reasonable degree of dental certainty.”” He also answered that “”there is a comparison within a reasonable degree of medical certainty that Gary Cifizzari’s upper jaw made the bite mark.”” And “the teeth of Gary Cifizzari were the teeth that inflicted both bitemarks, one on the leg and one on the stomach.” |