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Neutron activation analysis functions best as a reverse application of the common fingerprint technique-instead of gathering evidence a criminal leaves at the scene of his crime, it permits examination of evidence that the scene (or the weapon) leaves on the criminal. It can serve as an omniscient monitor of the most carefully planned alibis...
...legal. An Englishman kicked off his boots on the gallows to disprove his mother's prophecy that he would die in them; a British judge, asked why he dubbed a certain barrister "Necessity," answered: "Because he knows no law." It corrects popular misconceptions: Bertillon, far from creating fingerprint identifications, was skeptical of their value. It shows how greatly writers can misconceive: Conan Doyle protested that developing character in detective stories could only endanger the plot. Perhaps its most unforgettable statement is a sentence concerning Scotland's High Court of Justiciary. "The maximum penalty which may be imposed...
...York City's decision last fall to fingerprint prospective teachers brought a yelp of "undignified" from the city's Teachers Union. Last week the city's chief teacher examiner called it "extremely helpful." Of 4,545 applicants, said Dr. Isidore Bogen, 134 proved to have police records, including several convicted sex offenders and one murder suspect. Many offenses were minor, but by failing to mention them in applications, the prospective teachers convicted themselves of lying...
...days after Bogen's report, police arrested an English teacher for burglary and attempted rape, found that his record carried two Peeping Tom convictions. So what about those who, like him, got in before fingerprinting? Bogen has decided to fingerprint them when they take tests for promotion. If the police-record rate of the applicants applies to practicing teachers too. 3% of the city's teachers are in for trouble...
Example: the only fingerprint found on the shotgun was that of Pecho's wife...