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186018801900192019401960198020002020Long 19th century (Europe)Long 19th centuryLong 19th century20th century20th century20th centuryContemporaryContemporaryFingerprinting is born as a tool of colonial control In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceFingerprinting is born as a tool of col…Bertillon anthropometric identification system adopted by Paris police In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceBertillon anthropometric identification…Edmond Locard founds the first forensic crime laboratory In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceEdmond Locard founds the first forensic…Leone Lattes develops a forensic test for dried blood stains In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceLeone Lattes develops a forensic test f…Office of Chief Medical Examiner founded in New York City In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceOffice of Chief Medical Examiner founde…John Larson invents the modern polygraph In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceJohn Larson invents the modern polygraphFrye v. United States sets the general acceptance standard for scientific evidence In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceFrye v. United States sets the general …FBI establishes a centralized fingerprint Identification Division In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceFBI establishes a centralized fingerpri…Calvin Goddard's comparison microscope used in the Sacco and Vanzetti case In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceCalvin Goddard's comparison microscope …Calvin Goddard's ballistics analysis identifies the St. Valentine's Day Massacre weapons In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceCalvin Goddard's ballistics analysis id…FBI Laboratory is founded In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceFBI Laboratory is foundedFrances Glessner Lee creates the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceFrances Glessner Lee creates the Nutshe…Lawrence Kersta introduces voiceprint identification In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceLawrence Kersta introduces voiceprint i…Bite-mark evidence helps convict Ted Bundy In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceBite-mark evidence helps convict Ted Bu…Alec Jeffreys develops DNA fingerprinting In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceAlec Jeffreys develops DNA fingerprinti…DNA testing exonerates Richard Buckland in the Enderby murders In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceDNA testing exonerates Richard Buckland…Colin Pitchfork becomes the first person convicted using DNA evidence In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceColin Pitchfork becomes the first perso…National Academy of Sciences report Strengthening Forensic Science is published In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceNational Academy of Sciences report Str…Santae Tribble exonerated after hair evidence proven wrong In: Forensic science: from fingerprints to junk scienceSantae Tribble exonerated after hair ev…4 events, 1891 to 1893. Click to zoom.43 events, 1901 to 1902. Click to zoom.33 events, 1992 to 1993. Click to zoom.34 events, 2004 to 2005. Click to zoom.44 events, 2015 to 2016. Click to zoom.4

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