1. Watch ‘Your fingerprints reveal more than you think (https://www.ted.com/talks/simona_francese_your_fingerprints_reveal_more_than_you_think)Links to an external site.’. How do fingerprints reveal more than most people think? Can you think of another out-of-the-box factors that can help us solve crimes? According to the admissibility rules discussed in your textbook, what do you think would be the obstacles to presenting these non-traditional investigative methods in a trial?
2. Read ‘Science in the court: pitfalls, challenges and solutions (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4581010/)Links to an external site.’. What issues were raised? What can we do about these issues?
3. According to your textbook, what is needed for something to be unique? Watch ‘Adam ruins everything (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM1QgwaKv4s)Links to an external site.’. In both the video and your textbook, what are the issues raised about the uniqueness of fingerprints? How do these issues impact the courts and what, if anything, can we do about the issues?
Your response to EACH of the three questions must be between 150-250 words (for a total of 450-750 words).
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