Criminal
Feb. 25, 2003
Fingerprint Evidence Is Routine, But Not Infallible
Focus Column - Criminal Law - By Laurie L. Levenson - Fingerprint evidence is back in the news. Prosecutors and politicians are asking police to reduce their backlog of unsolved cases where fingerprint evidence was collected from the crime scene. At the same time, defense counsel are renewing their challenges to the reliability of fingerprint evidence to identify correctly suspected offenders. See, for example, United States v. Plaza, 179 F.Supp.2d 492
Criminal Law
By Laurie L. Levenson
Fingerprint evidence is b...
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