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Fingerprints were used to identify people. Arabic merchants would print the debtor's fingerprint with ink and staple it to the bill.
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King Richard invented the idea of using coroner to investigate questionable deaths.
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The first time physical matching of evidence took place in a murder conviction.
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Clothing and shoes of a farmer were taken and had pieces of evidence tat matched those of a close by murder scene, where a woman was drowned in a shallow pool.
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San Francisco becomes the first city in the US to use photos in murder court.
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Henry Fualds and William James Herschel publish a paper about ow fingerprints are unique. Another scientist uses their discovery to help the court.
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Artur Conan Doyle publishes the first Sherlock Holmes story.
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The first time fingerprints are used in a murder investigation is with an Argentinean police officer.
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Fingerprint ID is brought into NY state jail system.
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The first school of forensic science is founded in Switzerland.
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The first time hair in forensics was used in a legal court case.
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In Los Angeles the first police crime lab is made.
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The FBI makes their own crime lab.
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Voice Prints are being used in crime court evidence from phones of tapes.
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The National Crime Information Center is created and implemeted by the FBI, which is a filing system on wanted people stolen cars or other veicles, weapons ect.
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The first fingerprint scanner was implemented at the FBI
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The Canadian mounted police force implement the first automatic fingerprint ID system.
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DNA Fingerprinting is used to clear the main suspect in a murder case (who likely would have been convicted without it) and convict another.
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Sir Alec Jeffreys developed DNA fingerprinting techniques.
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A man is convicted of a seris of sexual assaults using DNA.
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An announcement from the National Academy of Sciences declares that DNA evidence is reliable.
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FBI makes automated fingerprint inquiry responses heaps faster (from 2 weeks to 2 hours).
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Faster DNA ID profiling means that you can post a new fingerprint onto the system in 1-2 days in stead of 6-8 weeks.
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Britain's Forensic Science Service develop online footwear detection. This helps footwear tracks to be identified quickly.
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Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures.