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Fingerprints
Feds forcing mass fingerprint unlocks is an “abuse of power,” judge rules
‘Ballistic Fingerprint’ Database Expands Amid Questions About Its Precision
AI-generated ‘skeleton keys’ fool fingerprint scanners
Garrett-authored amicus brief highlights need for improved judicial scrutiny of forensic expertise, evidence
Wake County computer technology links suspects to thousands of crimes
Fingerprint Analysis Could Finally Get Scientific, Thanks to a New Tool
Drug Use Is Detectable on Your Fingerprints
Uniform Language for Testimony and Reporting for Fingerprints
At the February 2018 American Academy of Forensic Science meeting, DOJ Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the Uniform Language for Testimony and Reporting (ULTR) document for fingerprints. The purpose of the document is to standardize language used by Department of Justice fingerprint examiners in their reports and testimony. While the document does not apply …
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AAAS Criticizes Latent Prints Uniform Language Over ‘Expectations’
This week in science history: Unacknowledged, the first forensic fingerprinter dies
Trace Heroin, Cocaine Detected on 13 Percent of Non-Users’ Fingerprints
Defining the Difficulty of Fingerprint Comparisons
DOJ’s Fingerprint Uniform Language is Part of ‘Constant Evolution,’ Says IAI
State v. McPhaul, 256 N.C. App. 303 (2017)
The Court of Appeals applied the new Daubert test for expert testimony and held that trial court abused its discretion by allowing the State’s expert witness’s testimony about fingerprint evidence. A petition for discretionary review was granted by the NC Supreme Court which subsequently found that discretionary review was improvidently granted, leaving intact the Court …