Forensic science has long held that fingerprints are singular identifiers, unique to each finger and each individual. This ...

Fingerprint analysis by artificial intelligence could solve cold cases and overturn wrongful convictions. A new development that can identify whether prints from different fingers came from the same ...

Overlapping and weak fingerprints pose challenges in criminal cases. A new study offers a solution and brings hope for using chemical residues in fingerprints for personal profiling. A groundbreaking ...

For years fingerprinting has been viewed by the public as a practically infallible crime-fighting tool with accuracy rates approaching 100 percent. But revelations like those in the Houston Police ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL)- A Greene County judge heard arguments in a post-conviction hearing in the 25-year-old Lillelid murder case. Attorneys for Crystal Sturgill, Edward Mullins, and Karen Howell ...

A new American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) working group report on the quality of latent fingerprint analysis says that courtroom testimony and reports stating or even implying ...