Fingerprint Examiners Claim Officers Lay on Pressure
policeone.com
One of the most important variables in any criminal case is the integrity of evidence collection and storage. For successful prosecution, we must have solid evidence and adhere to strict procedures when obtaining evidence.
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Guides Improve Fingerprint Evidence
laboratoryequipment.com
A new set of publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could make it easier, faster, and most importantly, more reliable, for forensic examiners to match a set of fingerprints with those on file in any database, whether local, state or national.
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Accused Jersey City Rapist's Fingerprint Found at Victims' Home, Detective Testifies
nj.com
A fingerprint that prosecutors say links an accused Jersey City rapist to the house where the sexual assaults occurred was at the center of testimonies this morning in the second day of the man's trial.
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The Ticking Time Bomb Known as Cloud Forensics
infoworld.com
We've seen the news reports with carloads of FBI agents, windbreakers and all, rushing into a business to seize paper records and servers. The evidence is analyzed later to prove a crime using computer forensics. However, the more likely use of computer forensics will be requirements around lawsuits: accounting records, emails, transaction data, and so on, all used to tell a story that will benefit either the plaintiff or the defense.
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Court Curbs Homeland Security's Laptop Border Searches
cnet.com
Appeals court slaps down Obama administration's claim that customs agents can peruse Americans' electronic devices for evidence -- without having even a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
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