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Arabic salesmen used ink stamped fingerprints to identify indebted customers.
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King Richard used Coroners to investigate deaths.
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A torn piece of newspaper in a pistol matched a newspaper in a mans pocket.
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Clothes of a farmer matched those of a nearby murder.
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San Francisco began using photographs in court. -
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Arthur Conan Doyle published the very first Sherlock novel. -
Fingerprints are used to identify the murderer of an Argentinian police officer.
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Fingerprint ID is used in New York state jail system
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The first Forensic Science school is opened in Bern Switzerland -
Hair was used in a court case for the very first time -
The first police crime lab is constructed in LA -
The FBI founds a crime lab of their own.
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Voice prints are beginning to be used in criminal trials
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NCA is created and used by the FBI which files wanted people or stolen property.
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The FBI invented and began using a fingerprint scanner.
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The canadian police created a system that automatically matches fingerprint scans to files.
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DNA was used to exonerate the number one suspect of a murder case.
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Alex Jeffreys creates DNA fingerprinting methods
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A man is convicted of sexual assault via DNA
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DNA is now reliable enough to confidently use in court
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The FBI makes automated fingerprint database for faster acquisition of files
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DNA profiling means fingerprints can be added to a system in days instead of weeks.
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Britains FSS develops footwear detection which identifies the tracks of certain shoes.