FBI technicians used the Henry Fingerprint Classification System and visual examinations to make identification determinations. Fingerprint technology evolved to such a degree that by the mid-1980s, ...

As most crime scene experts know, dusting for fingerprints can sometimes destroy parts of the prints, erasing potentially valuable forensic clues. Conventional fingerprinting methods involve treating ...

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 change how ...