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Computerized fingerprint matching 99 percent accurate

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Posted by Dar 2004-07-16 2:26:03 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This technology continues and the terrorists will be really easy to locate: they will remove their fingers.

Posted by Capt America 2004-07-16 2:32:13 PM|| [http://captamerica.blogspot.com/] 2004-07-16 2:32:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Capt, Then arresting or shooting them would be 'profiling' aginst fingerless people.......

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-07-16 2:34:29 PM|| 2004-07-16 2:34:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 99.6%? that's GREAT! why hell, that means only 1 in a 250 will be missed!
ugh.
and only a 1 in a thousand will be wrongly accused.. (maaan I aint touchin nuttin no more, this is as bad as dna)

Posted by Dcreeper 2004-07-16 7:11:27 PM|| 2004-07-16 7:11:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Would you throw all forensic science in the bin then, Dc? "As bad as DNA"?! Come on, you're joking, right?

Posted by Bulldog 2004-07-16 7:15:16 PM|| 2004-07-16 7:15:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 no, innocent people go to jail because of this stuff
do you think the lawyers stand up there and tell you "Well this system gives a false positive once for every thousand people checked, the finger prints of some 30,000 (whatever) people in the police database were checked against the ones found, that means 30 people have likly been wrongly identified and there is a 1 in 250 chance that the system actaully missed the culprit.. "

so much of forensic science is crap when you get a good look at it
don't get me started on the gun finding bullet shot stuff or the 'lie detector'

Posted by Dcreeper 2004-07-16 7:42:25 PM|| 2004-07-16 7:42:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 meh mangled that
"don't get me started on gun finding from a shot bullet stuff"
makes more sense

Posted by Dcreeper 2004-07-16 7:43:49 PM|| 2004-07-16 7:43:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 DC - that's nonsense. Nobody's been convicted on a fingerprint alone. Motive, method, no alibi, yadda yadda

Posted by Frank G 2004-07-16 8:15:17 PM|| 2004-07-16 8:15:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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