Article: GRANDFATHERING EVIDENCE: FINGERPRINT ADMISSIBILITY RULINGS FROM JENNINGS TO LLERA PLAZA AND BACK AGAIN

Article: Of Daubert and fingerprints
Law & Order;  February 1, 2002 ;     553 words ......testimony based on fingerprint evidence. Based on the...United States v. Llera Plaza, Acosta and Rodriguez...replaced. No, fingerprint evidence has not been...United States v. Llera Plaza, et al may testify...standards for fingerprint examiners need...probative ...

Article: Daubert rules fingerprint science dodges a bullet
Law & Order;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Until recently, fingerprint identification ranked...United States v. Llera Plaza, et als (U.S. District...12), Carlos Ivan Llera Plaza, Wilfredo Martinez...the admittance of fingerprint evidence at trial. Defense...relevant. In the Llera Plaza case, the ...

Article: News: Police to relax rules on prints
The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 16, 2000 ;     373 words ......Detectives believe the requirements for fingerprint evidence are too restrictive. Experts must...the move, however, claiming that fingerprint evidence is often taken as fact by juries...have safeguards against misuse of fingerprint evidence. Leading experts fear that the change...

Article: Fingerprints unsmudged.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times;  November 21, 2007 ;     688 words ......the prosecution couldn't use fingerprint evidence in a murder trial. Why? Because, she said, fingerprint evidence isn't reliable. Never mind...Does this ruling make sense? Fingerprint evidence has been a reliable crime...

Article: Fingerprint evidence becomin suspect?; DNA: The method of identification might not hold up in courts much longer, some experts say
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......authority expects, a judge will block fingerprint evidence as unscientific. Another thinks...book out next month speculates that fingerprint evidence could be eclipsed by DNA identification...fingerprinting can't make the jump. Fingerprint evidence is based on the idea that no two...

Article: Fingerprint evidence facing court challenges: ; An old superstar could soontake a backseat to DNA
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......authority expects, a judge will block fingerprint evidence as unscientific. Another thinks...book out next month speculates that fingerprint evidence could be eclipsed by DNA identification...fingerprinting can't make the jump. Fingerprint evidence is based on the idea that no two...

Article: Some question fingerprint credibility
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ......authority expects, a judge will block fingerprint evidence as unscientific. Another thinks...book out next month speculates that fingerprint evidence could be eclipsed by DNA identification...fingerprinting can't make the jump. Fingerprint evidence is based on the idea that no two...

Article: Wallace fingerprint comments under fire
Evening Times;  September 18, 2002 ;     226 words ......Wallace is under fire after claiming fingerprint evidence was not an exact science. His comments...officer, was charged with perjury on fingerprint evidence in 1998. She was then cleared of...independently verified every piece of fingerprint evidence. He also claimed that HM ...

Article: Police chiefs order inquiry in detective fingerprints case
The Scotsman;  February 8, 2000 ;     617 words ......an independent inquiry into the fingerprint evidence used to prosecute a detective. Shirley...could undermine the reputation of fingerprint evidence in Scottish courts. Ms McKie was...committee, said the integrity of fingerprint evidence had to be restored amid media speculation...

Article: Fingerprint change 'will mean more convictions'
The Scotsman;  September 5, 2006 ;     220 words ......following an overhaul of the way fingerprint evidence is presented in Scottish courts...yesterday the change would allow more fingerprint evidence to be used in court, as experts...accountable to courts because more fingerprint evidence can be presented. It will give fingerprint...

Article: Courts are set for 'flood of appeals'.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 23, 2000 ;     239 words ......hanging over the fingerprint evidence in this case...the value of fingerprint evidence and you have...convicted on fingerprint evidence alone. At the...

Article: DIMMER JIM PRINTS GAFFE; Wallace under fire again.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 18, 2002 ;     410 words ......of a staggering gaffe in claiming fingerprint evidence is not an exact science. Tory justice...who was convicted of perjury on fingerprint evidence in 1998. She was cleared the following...independently verified every piece of fingerprint evidence it intended to use. And he claimed...

Article: FINGERED; Print trial fiasco puts Lockerbie evidence at risk.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  May 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ......yesterday blew apart the credibility of fingerprint evidence. A High Court jury took less than...appeals from criminals convicted on fingerprint evidence, now that doubts have been cast...are frightening. Every case where fingerprint evidence played a major part could now be...

Article: The fall-out: suspicion, experts at war and a question mark over thousands of convictions all over the world . . . PART TWO PART TWO The very basis of fingerprint evidence - that it is reliant on facts, not on opinion - is being challenged worldwide in the wake of the Shirley McKie case
The Sunday Herald;  February 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......on to challenge the very basis of fingerprint evidence worldwide. In the face of numerous...used more and more to challenge fingerprint evidence. Allan Bayle, a forensic scientist...continued dispute over the McKie case, fingerprint evidence is being damaged worldwide. He was...