The police have many of catching criminals. One way of catching them is to identity them by fingerprinting. Fingerprinting is the study of the patterns on our fingertips.We have know that on two fingerprints are exactly the same for hundreds of years.However it wasn't until 1910, in Chicago, that the first criminal in the USA was convicted using fingerprint evidence.
Early on the morning of 19 September 1910, Clarence Hiller's wife noticed that a light which they usually left no was off. when Clarence went to investigate,he came across a stranger at the top of the stairs.The stranger had broken in and was about to the house. Hiller and the started to fight, but the stranger had a gun.He shot Hiller twice and ran away .Hiller's wife ran to him when she heard the heard the gunshots but found him dead. Soon after,the police arrested a man named Thomas Jennings not far from the Hiller's house.
The only problem was that there were no witnesses to the murder.However the police had recently stared using fingerprinting in cases.Only hours before his death,Hiller had painted some wood near his kitchen window.The police found some fingerprints in the wet print. During the trial, the police proved that the fingerprints belonged to Jennings,and he was convicted of Hiller's murder.Since then, fingerprinting has helped in the conviction of hundreds of thousands of criminals.
The police have many of catching criminals. One way of catching them is to identity them by fingerprinting. Fingerprinting is the study of the patterns on our fingertips.We have know that on two fingerprints are exactly the same for hundreds of years.However it wasn't until 1910, in Chicago, that the first criminal in the USA was convicted using fingerprint evidence. Early on the morning of 19 September 1910, Clarence Hiller's wife noticed that a light which they usually left no was off. when Clarence went to investigate,he came across a stranger at the top of the stairs.The stranger had broken in and was about to the house. Hiller and the started to fight, but the stranger had a gun.He shot Hiller twice and ran away .Hiller's wife ran to him when she heard the heard the gunshots but found him dead. Soon after,the police arrested a man named Thomas Jennings not far from the Hiller's house. The only problem was that there were no witnesses to the murder.However the police had recently stared using fingerprinting in cases.Only hours before his death,Hiller had painted some wood near his kitchen window.The police found some fingerprints in the wet print. During the trial, the police proved that the fingerprints belonged to Jennings,and he was convicted of Hiller's murder.Since then, fingerprinting has helped in the conviction of hundreds of thousands of criminals.
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