How reliable is fingerprint evidence? - Theodore E. Yeshion
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In 1902, detectives arrived at a grisly murder scene and found a shard of broken glass with several bloody fingerprints. They painstakingly searched the police station’s records and eventually found a match— a man who later confessed to the crime. Today, fingerprints remain one of the most common types of evidence in criminal courts. But just how reliable are they? Theodore Yeshion investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Theodore E. Yeshion
- Director Jeff Le Bars, Jet Propulsion
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Composer Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer Amanda P.H. Bennett, cAMP Studio
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Shannon Odell
- Script Editor Nidhi Upadhyaya
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
