29-11-2014, 02:37 AM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Fingerprint technology has advanced quite a bit since 1998....What looked like a match back in the day, might not be good enough for today.
Fingerprint ID is still as much an art form as a science....
::fortuneteller::::facepalm:: I hate to think how many have ended up in jail on this. Maybe death row even.
Drew Phipps Wrote:Edit: As I recall, not long ago, a doctor/lawyer(?) in Seattle was announced by the FBI as a fingerprint match for a terrorist bombing in Spain. The Spanish police disagreed. Eventually he was exonerated.If that was the train bombing there was much opportunistic manoeuvring to make it fit ETA who didn't do it.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.