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Fingerprints
How technology has improved fingerprint analysis
improved imaging
tiniest minutia
sweat pores
width of a ridge
scan it directly into a computer
FBI
created a huge database of fingerprints
sophiscated programs
can narrow down possible matches
issues with the current technology
crime scenes
covered in thousands of different prints
left behind by latent prints
investigators sprinkle it with a super-fine powder
lift the image with a special tape
transfer it to a card
most are too smudged
left behind by people who have nothing to do with the crime
must be analyzed by experts
up to the jury to decide
not the only piece of evidence
to decide whether they are guilty or not