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Detection of Gunshot Residue
The detection of gunshot residue (GSR) using scanning electron microscopy with electron dispersive X-rays (SEM- EDX) technology was developed by J. E. Wessel, P. F. Jones, Q. Y. Kwan, R. S. Nesbitt and E. J. Rattin at Aerospace Corporation. -
Polymorphic Nature of Red Cell GLO
J. Kompf and colleagues, working in Germany, first identified the polymorphic nature of red cell glyoxylase (GLO). -
Federal Rules of Evidnce
The Federal Rules of Evidence, originally promulgated by the U.S. Supreme Court, were enacted as a congressional statute. They are based on the relevancy standard in which scientific evidence that is deemed more prejudicial than probative may not be admitted. -
zoro united kingdom
Zoro and Hadley in the United Kingdom first evaluated GC-MS for forensic purposes -
masato Soba print examiner
Fuseo Matsumur, a trace evidence examiner at the Saga Prefectural Crime Laboratory of the National Police Agency of Japan, notices his own fingerprints developing on microscope slides while mounting hairs from a taxi driver murder case. He relates the information to co-worker Masato Soba, a latent print examiner. Soba would later that year be the first to develop latent prints intentionally by “Superglue® ” fuming -
AFIS
The FBI introduced the beginnings of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) with the first
computerized scans of fingerprints. -
forier transform
The fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) is adapted for use in the forensic laboratory -
Isoenzyme Systems
Brian Wraxall and Mark Stolorow developed the “multisystem” method for testing the PGM, ESD, and GLO isoenzyme systems simultaneously. They also developed methods for typing blood serum proteins such as haptoglobin and Gc. -
Polymerase Chain Reaction
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was first conceived by Kerry Mullis, while he was working at Cetus
Corporation. The first paper on the technique was not published until 1985. -
DNA Profiling Test
(Sir) Alec Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling test. It involved detection of a multilocus RFLP pattern. He published his findings in Nature in 1985. -
DNA to Solve Crime
In the first use of DNA to solve a crime, Jeffreys used DNA profiling to identify Colin Pitchfork as the murderer of two young girls in the English Midlands. Significantly, in the course of the investigation, DNA was first used to exonerate an innocent suspect. -
Cetus Corporation
The human genetics group at Cetus Corporation, led by Henry Erlich, developed the PCR technique for a number of clinical and forensic applications. This resulted in development of the first commercial PCR typing kit specifically for forensic use, HLA DQ (DQA1), about 2 years later. -
People v. Pestinikas
In People v. Pestinikas, Edward Blake first used PCR-based DNA testing (HLA DQ ) , to confirm different autopsy samples to be from the same person. The evidence was accepted by a civil court. This was also the first use of any kind of DNA testing in the United States -
dna u.s. criminal court
DNA profiling was introduced for the first time in a U.S. criminal court. Based on RFLP analysis performed by
Lifecodes, Tommy Lee Andrews was convicted of a series of sexual assaults in Orlando, Florida -
new york vs castro
New York v. Castro was the first case in which the admissibility of DNA was seriously challenged. It set in motion a string of events that culminated in a call for certification, accreditation, standardization, and quality control guidelines for both DNA laboratories and the general forensic community.
