November 17, 2006
Scholars Challenge the Infallibility of Fingerprints
Researchers find fault with a key tool in criminal investigations and find themselves ignored
For over a century, the recovery and analysis of fingerprints has been a key tool in criminal investigations.
The link between fingerprint and identity was forged in 1888 by Sir Francis Galton, a British scientist and mathematician who invented the science of fingerprint identification. Galton calculated the likelihood of two identical fingerprints at one in 64 billion, and ushered in
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