Friday, July 17, 2009

When Forensics Fail: Fingerprints

Saw a re-run of the MSNBC segment on the Upper Darby Davis homicide:

http://webmail.east.cox.net/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fvideo.msn.com%252Fvideo.aspx%253Fmkt%253Den-us%2526brand%253Dmsnbc%2526vid%253Dd432cac1-7c65-445d-a000-7103858bad96

after a commercial on the MSNBC site you get a portion of the video on the Davis homicide.

What I couldn't believe was that the officer denied misreading the prints, even after at least 4 FBI examiners and the IAI indicated he was incorrect. In the video the officer indicated that he would be willing to sit down with the FBI so they could show him where they thought he erred. Another good description of this is page 6
http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/chi-0410170393oct17,0,4964601.story?page=6

Bob McAuley
Dir. Operations/Training
Forensic Biometric Identification Solutions LLC.

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