Suspect Identities“No two fingerprints are alike,” or so it goes. For nearly a hundred years fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society. We trust them to tell us who committed a crime, whether a criminal record exists, and how to resolve questions of disputed identity. |
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... five minutes or less , " and , with Henry's new classification system , a search in a file of more than 8,000 cards re- quired less than five minutes . The Governor - General of India decided to switch to fingerprinting on June 12 ...
... five had been trained in fingerprint identification by Detective John Ferrier of Scotland Yard at the St. Louis World's Fair . Foster and Holland tes- tified that they had subsequently traveled to London for further in- struction and ...
... five expert witnesses testified . All five agreed that the " finger print impressions of the defendant corresponded exactly with the finger print impressions appearing upon the porcelain slab of the cash register . " They asserted that ...
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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