Iowa State: Researchers Blow Whistle on Forensic Science Method
October 03, 2023
October 03, 2023
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
Like fingerprints, a firearm's discarded shell casings have unique markings. This allows forensic experts to compare casings from a crime scene with those from a suspect's gun. Finding and reporting a mismatch can help free the innocent, just as a match can incriminate the guilty.
But a new study from Iowa State University researchers reveals mismatches are more likely than . . .
Like fingerprints, a firearm's discarded shell casings have unique markings. This allows forensic experts to compare casings from a crime scene with those from a suspect's gun. Finding and reporting a mismatch can help free the innocent, just as a match can incriminate the guilty.
But a new study from Iowa State University researchers reveals mismatches are more likely than . . .