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09/02/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Maybe your fingerprints aren’t so unique after all: New report claims there is not enough scientific basis to claim certain identification

Though long considered an essential tool in forensics, latent fingerprint analysis may actually lack the scientific foundation to be considered irrefutable in the courtroom. This was the conclusion that a team of researchers came to in a report published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Latent fingerprints, as defined by the researchers, are hidden impressions […]

10/10/2017 / By JD Heyes

Scientific group says fingerprint evidence in crimes is practically worthless

In what will no doubt come as a shocker to most people, a scientific organization is warning that fingerprint evidence in criminal cases does not conclude ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ a person’s guilt. As noted by Homeland Security Newswire, a new report from a working group of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, […]

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