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Julius caesar was assassinated. A physician performed an autopsy and determined that of the 23 wounds, only one was fatal. -
Fingerprints were first used to figure out identity. Arabic merchants would take a debtors fingerprint and attach it to the bill. -
First forensic science manual published by the chinese. This manual was the first known record of medical knowledge being applied to forensic science. -
The first pathology report was published -
First record instance of physical evidence leading to a murder conviction. The evidence was a torn piece of newspaper in a pistol that matched the newspaper in his pocket. -
James Marsh uses chemical processes to determine arsenic as cause of death. -
San francisco uses photography for criminal identification(mugshot). -
Henry frauds and William james herschel publish paper describing the uniqueness of fingerprints, their findings were then adapted to court. Galton created the classification of fingerprints. -
The coroners act was created. This enacted the policy that coroners were to determine causes of unnatural deaths. -
Anthropometry, a system using various of measurements of physical feature and bones, could reduce criminal information to a set of numbers -
Juan vucetich is the first to use fingerprints as evidence in a murder investigation. He invented a method of fingerprint identification known as dactyloscopy. -
Human blood grouping is adapted for use on bloodstains by Dieter Dax Richter. -
First school of forensic science was founded in switzerland. It was founded by Rodolphe archibald. -
Victor balthazard publish study on hair. Legal cases involving hair soon follow this study. -
Victor balthazard figured out that gun barrels leave unique individual markings on each bullet fired. He developed methods to match bullets to guns. -
Officer rex welsh established one of the first modern laboratories in the united states. -
Prototype polygraph was invented by John Larson. Although it wasnt 100% accurate, this did still help in identifying guilty criminals. -
FBI establishes its own crime lab, now one of the foremost crime labs in the world. A chair of legal medicine was established in the same year as well. -
A sound spectrograph was discovered to be able to record voices. Voiceprints began to be used in investigations and as court evidence. -
FBI establishes the national crime information center, a electronic filing system in which stolen vehicles, wanted criminals,etc were kept. -
Gunshot residue can now link a suspect to a crime scene and show how close and far the suspect was in relation to the gun. -
Auto fingerprint system is now implemented by canadian police. Fingerprints found at a crime scene can be compared to stored data of fingerprints on a computer. -
DNA fingerprinting techniques developed by Sir Alec Jeffreys. This revolutionized forensic science. -
Tommy Lee Andrews was convicted of sexual assaults by the use of DNA profiling. Andrews was released in 2021. -
National Academy of Sciences announces DNA evidence is reliable. DNA can now be universally trusted in forensic science. -
FBI established fingerprint system that cuts down fingerprint inquiry response from two weeks to two hours. -
Technology speeds up DNA profiling time from 6-8 weeks to between 1-2 days. -
Britain's forensic science service develops online footwear coding and detection system. -
Scientist developed a way to see finger print residues on metal even after being removed or wiped away. -
Michigan state university developed software that automatically matches hand drawn facial sketches to mug shots stored in data bases. -
Research team creates dental x ray matching system. This can match to dental x rays in databases. -
The innocence project announces partner ship with the FBI to review criminal cases that used DNA analysis techniques to determine if the suspect was guilty. -
Members of the commission will work to improve the practice of forensic science by developing guidance of the the intersections between forensic science and the criminal justice system -
A research paper found that people with extraordinary recognition skills may be suited for a job in nation security. -
Forensic scientists are proposing a series of changes to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to allow new technologies to be unleashed on the problem. -
A new technique can link the patchy, limited DNA information held in forensic databases to the rich DNA libraries held by family tree-building websites, raising further questions about genetic privacy. -
Stains at crime scenes can sometimes be hard to identify, but the unique combination of bacteria they contain may help. This will allow forensic scientist to identify with greater accuracy and precision. -
Forensic pathologists rule george floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest. -
A single fingerprint can distinguish whether someone has recently touched cocaine or actually ingested it. This test can be completed in less than 2 minutes, far quicker than blood tests, and could be used for forensic investigations or drug testing.