1. In the past few years, there have been several significant decisions that have resulted from challenges to the admissibility of fingerprint evidence ( Daubert hearings). Where do we stand now? Describe one case, or ruling, that helped to establish the current state of fingerprint evidence in a court of law?

2. After reading chapter 14 of our textbook, what research can still be done to reinforce the assertion that identification based on fingerprints is a science?

Langenburg, G. (2011). Scientific research supporting the foundations of friction ridge examinations. In National Institute of Justice (Ed.), The fingerprint sourcebook, pp. 14.1-14.31. US Department of Justice.