Public Outcry Over the Unreliability of Fingerprint Evidence

Click the link below to check out a recent case about a Scottish woman who was falsely convicted due to fingerprint evidence. This case highlights to the public what defence lawyers have been saying for decades about the unreliability of fingerprint evidence; notwithstanding the way this evidence is depicted by show like “CSI”, fingerprint analysis is more of an art than a science and it leaves a wide margin for potential human error.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/14/fingerprint-evidence-opinion-fact