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Article: Fingerprint evidence not good science, scholar says.
- Article from:
- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- October 27, 2004
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Byline: Edward Humes
SANTA ANA, Calif. _ Clarence Hiller's wife awoke with a start and shook him from sleep, sensing something amiss before she realized what it was: The room was too dark. The hallway light outside their daughter's room, the one they always left on at night, had gone out. And so the dutiful husband and father of four rose from bed to have a look, and to begin the last 30 seconds of his life.
Near the top of the stairs Hiller met an unexpected obstacle: the shadowy form of a man. The intruder lunged, and the two men, shoving and flailing, thudded down the stairs. At the landing, the stranger wrestled a pistol free and shot Hiller twice. ...