Fingerprinting as a Science and a Point of Evidence in Court Finger print evidence is by no means an exact science; yet, it does, unfortunately, weigh a great deal in the minds of jurors who give it more credit than it deserves. Fingerprints are unique to every person - it is estimated that the chance of two people having the same fingerprint is one in sixty-four billion - however, many cases occur in which the …showed first 75 words of 670 total…

…showed last 75 words of 670 total…a 'match.'" In conclusion, despite fingerprinting's more than one hundred years in forensic science, it should not swing a case one way or another. It is too open to interpretation that it should be used only as a guide and a starting point from which more accurate scientific forensic procedures can be used. Jurors need to realise that it is not so simple and straightforward - that a 'match' means guilt. By Anastasi Kosmadopoulos