A Maryland judge?s groundbreaking decision to disallow fingerprint evidence is not spreading like wildfire through the court system ? at least according to a Baltimore County ruling Wednesday. Circuit ...
Leaders in Prince George’s County are reviewing more than 100 criminal cases after concerns were raised about fingerprint analysis conducted by a single forensic examiner.
When a man was found dead in his vehicle last month in La Plata Canyon, investigators used a tried-and-true method to identify him: fingerprinting. Authorities had good reason to believe they knew the ...
PHILADELPHIA -- Ninety-one years after fingerprint evidence was first presented in an American courtroom, its reputation as an infallible forensic tool is under attack in a court challenge that could ...
Forensic science has long held that fingerprints are singular identifiers, unique to each finger and each individual. This assumption has formed the backbone of global law enforcement, identity ...