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Welcome to the Forensics Library. Browse the library by topic or search for documents by keyword. Some materials are viewable only by practicing criminal defense lawyers but most are open to the public.

We invite you to submit materials to the library. We welcome briefs, memoranda, transcripts, training materials, weblinks--anything that may help lawyers deal more effectively with forensic evidence. Click "submit a document" to upload materials directly from your computer. All submissions will be reviewed by the library steering committee before being posted for public view.

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      • Fingerprint Misidentifications (Known Errors) Fingerprint Misidentifications (Known Errors)
        Document *Los Angeles Police Department Audit Report Reports on failure to secure sufficient funds to conduct an audit of LAPD latent print unit after exposure of two erroneous identifications by the unit. See Los Angeles Times for further coverage.
        [ 06/01/08  |  Submitter: SC  |  more info ]
        Document More Than Zero: Accounting for Error in Latent Print Identification Review of publicly exposed latent print misattributions. Analyzes possible causes of error and argues that the number of actual error is likely to be much greater than the number of exposed errors.
        [ 05/01/05  |  Submitter: SC  |  more info ]
        Document Police Fingerprints Boston Globe editorial on case of Stephan Cowans, convicted and sentenced to 35-50 years for a police shooting on fingerprint evidence and exonerated by DNA evidence after serving 6 years.
        [ 01/27/04  |  Submitter: Boston Globe  |  more info ]
        Document Marion Ross Murder Information about the Marion Ross murder investigation in which 2 alleged misidentifications were each attested by 4 examiners from the Scottish Criminal Records Office, one alleged to have come from investigating officer Shirley McKie, the other ...
        [ 02/24/03  |  Submitter: Ed German  |  more info/full abstract ]
        Document Evidence Bungled in Slaying Newspaper report of misidentification committed by former Chairperson of the IAI's Latent Print Certification Board.
        [ 02/19/03  |  Submitter: Michael Vigh  |  more info ]
        Document *"Danny" McNamee Case U.K. Court of Appeal Ruling Unreported U.K. Court of Appeal Ruling in "Danny" McNamee case. Conviction for IRA bombing, based in part on highly contested latent print evidence, was quashed.
        [ 12/17/98  |  Submitter: SC  |  more info ]
        Document 3 Misidentifications: Illinois & Scotland cases On the Onin website, these case descriptions display the latents and misidentified prints.
        [ Submitter: DC PDS  |  more info ]
        Document Michele Triplett's Fingerprint Terms A collection of over 800 terms used in the Science of Fingerprint Identification. Includes approximately 17 cases of error (look under "e").
        [ Submitter: DC PDS  |  more info ]
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