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a roman medic preformed an autopsy on Julius Cesar and figured out which of the 23 stab wounds he had, was the fatal on -
a farmer was murdered with a sickle and the murder weapon was discovered because flies were gathered around the sickle -
considered the father of toxicology for his work on poisons -
pual-jean coulier found that latent prints could be observed on paper using iodine fumes -
established the scientific basis for fingerprint classification -
devolped a method to classify dried bloodstains -
Dr. eduard piotrowski published the first scientific study on blood stain patterns -
Calvin goddard and his partner created a practical comparison microscrope in the mid 1920s -
used to identify arsenic, a popular poison at the time -
Arnold O Beckman and his team commercially released the first model in 1941. used for rapid, precise light-matter analysis. -
the first CCTV camera was invented in 1942 by a German engineer names Walter bruch, to observe rocket launches -
law enforcement needed to respond to computer based crimes in the 80s, and then more online crimes from the 90s-today -
in the UK in the 80s two girls were raped and murdered, a 17 year old boy confessed but his DNA wasn't at the scene. it was the first time that DNA had been used to exonerate and catch a suspect -
Alec jefferys evolves the technique of DNA fingerprinting -
he was convicted of murder in Texas, based on faulty DNA testing that missed alleles that matched another man, who actually confessed to the crime. he was released in 2019
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