In May 2004, the FBI arrested Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield based on an erroneous fingerprint identification. FBI analysts incorrectly identified a fingerprint left inside a plastic bag related to the Madrid train bombing as matching Mr. Mayfield.
Fingerprints
Shirley McKie case
In 1997, fingerprint examiners claimed they found Scottish police constable Shirley McKie’s fingerprint at a crime scene that her department was investigating. She denied that she had ever been to the crime scene, and it was determined in 1999 that the fingerprints were not hers and she was issued a public apology by the justice …