WEB UPDATES

 

12/26/09    Posted link to Stochastics - "The real science behind forensic pattern identification"

11/05/09    Posted link to 2009 NIJ  Grant to develop a quantitative approach to measuring and establishing a standard for "sufficiency" of information available in friction ridge (fingerprint) patterns, and

                   US v. Hamza Keita - October 30, 2009 - Motion to Exclude Latent Fingerprint Testimony - Challenge Based primarily on the findings of the NAS and the U.S. OIG Mayfield reports

11/23/09    Posted Final NAS Report on front page

9/26/09      Posted Link to 2009 Scottish Public Inquiry of the McKee Case

9/09/09      Posted Quantitative Assessment Of Individuality Of Friction Ridge Patterns  - A federally funded study by Sargur N. Srihari - 3/20/09

8/18/09      Posted Glenn Langenburg's "Deposition of Bloody Friction Ridge Impressions" on processing techniques page

6/25/09      Posted Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cory SAFFORD,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Conviction reversed as there was no evidentiary foundation and lack of detail of the facts supporting the opinion of the fingerprint examiner of individualization.

4/11/09      Posted Link to Forensic Science For The 21st Century - The National Academy of Sciences Report and Beyond - Conference

3/26/09      Posted NAS Congressional Testimony on Front Page

2/21/09      Posted on link page - INTERPOL Fingerprint Research Information

2/18/09      Posted link to the NAS report on the front page "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States:  A Path Forward"

1/19/09      Posted abstract from another study about the unreliability of pores in identification

10/17/08    Posted LA Times Article regarding LAPD errors

8/26/08      Added Fingerprint Identification (Science or Not) by Warren Ashton, Retired RCMP

8/22/08      Added FBI  presentation at the 2008 IAI Conference "The State of The FBI Laboratory's Latent Print Operation - Four Years After Madrid" - Thanks to onin.com download the PowerPoint

7/28/08      Posted link to Henry Templeman's work on "Fingerprint Individualization Based on Relevant Fingerprint Population and Likelihood for Duplication"

7/21/08     Posted two recent Simon Cole Articles

5/6/08       Posted CBS report on "Weighing Fingerprints As Forensic Evidence"

11/17/07  Posted article Many are to blame for Maryland Judge's Decision - November 8, 2007 by Crime Lab Report
                     Posted paper referenced on Locard Article   “Development of a Mathematical Formula for the Calculation of Fingerprint Probabilities Based on Individual Characteristics "- J. W. Osterburg, T. Parthasarathy, T. E. S. Raghavan, and S. L. Sclove, ,” Journal of the American Statistical Association 72, 772–778 (1977).

10/21/07  Posted Maryland vs Bryan Rose ruling from May 2007 Frye Hearing "The State did not prove in this case that opinion testimony by experts regarding the ACE-V method of latent print identification rests on a reliable factual foundation"

10/3/07    Posted link Identifying The Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community View National Academy of Sciences Presentations from these 2007 meetings

9/27/07    Posted Oregon District Court Judge Ann Aiken held in Brandon Mayfield, et al. v. the United States of America, that two sections of the Foreign     Intelligence Surveillance Act amended under the Patriot Act are unconstitutional

8/10/07     Posted Infrared Imaging of Blood Impressions - Testing and infrared imaging to visualize blood impressions on black socks as seen on Court TV coverage of the OJ Simpson Trial

7/31/07     Posted Amanda Atkins 2007 IAI presentation - Developing bloody latent prints on dark surfaces  

6/28/07     SWGFAST forms the Tenprint Standing Committee and seeks applicants for membership - final filing date 8/31/07

3/18/07     Added links to : 1) Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging for Noninvasive Detection of Latent Fingerprints

2) Computation of Likelihood Ratios in Fingerprint Identification for Configurations of Any Number of Minutić

11/9/06     Added  "Historical Development and Evaluation of the 12 point rule", and the

                1972 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, An Analysis of Standards In Fingerprint Identification

6/14/06     Added link to Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry Video and Transcript regarding the McKie case

5/31/06     Added link to National Academy of Sciences November 2005 Sackler Colloquia on forensic sciences

3/24/06     Added link to download selective chapters of the OIG Full Unclassified Report

3/17/06     Added page containing Mayfield, Daoud, and the latent  images from the OIG final report

3/2/06       Added link to Dr. I.E. DROR articles on Contextual effect on individualizations

1/06/06     Added link to Office of Inspector General summary report on Madrid error (9mb)  Web Viewable (900kb) FBI response

12/23/05    Added link to the FBI committee report on the misidentification of a latent print

4/28/05        Added statement of sufficiency on the index page

2/15/05        Added Sourcebook Request for chapter authors 

1/13/05        Added NIJ Solicitation .pdf and NIJ link

1/10/05       Added link to Utah Appellate Quintana decision

12/14/04    Added Calif. Assoc. of Criminalists (CAC) link and CAC article on the analysis of the erroneous Madrid print

11/26/04    Added Link on processing techniques page for study on DNA & fingerprints on cartridges