The fingerprint lab currently has three forensic scientists, who specialize in fingerprint examination and have almost 40 years of combined experience. This year, the forensic science lab began ...

HOUSTON A random review of cases found technicians often thought fingerprints weren't good enough to provide identification when they clearly were. On Wednesday, Houston City Council discussed the ...

A revelation that the NYPD failed to disclose a serious error eight years ago by a leading detective in its high-profile fingerprint lab has led to calls for a top-to ...

For years fingerprinting has been viewed by the public as a practically infallible crime-fighting tool with accuracy rates approaching 100 percent. But revelations like those in the Houston Police ...