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Is Fingerprint Identification Really as Foolproof as Portrayed?

October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 2436 Views Accountability, Alfred Stratton, blood, bloody thumbprint, Civil rights, common points, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, courtroom, courts, crime, crime scene, Dishonesty, evidence, fingerprints, Forensic science, freedom, grease, Henry Faulds, identical twins, Investigation, Justice System, kelly patterson, LA Times, Maryland, murder, myths, National Academy of Sciences, nevada cop block, nvcopblock.org, partial print, police, rights, Scotland Yard, smudges, sound science, sweat, trials, unemployed ruffian, wrongfull convictions

It’s a pretty accepted idea that fingerprint evidence is an airtight method of proving that an accused person was at

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