Friday, October 29, 2004

More Press on the Reliability of Fingerprint Identification

Knight-Ridder is syndicating this Edward Humes piece on the continuing debate about the scientific reliability of fingerprint identification.

posted by pn at 4:28 PM  

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.