Today's edition of the Wall Street Journal contains an article concerning a study conducted by Dr. Itiel Dror of Britain's University of Southampton.
The gist of the study: Dr. Dror provided latent prints to examiners under the pretext that the prints were the erroneous identification made by the FBI in the Madrid bombing case. The examiners were asked their opinion of the prints, which in reality were not the Madrid prints. Each examiner was actually given a print he/she had testified to previously as being ident. Several of the examiners said the prints they were shown did not match, one said they did, one said inconclusive.
Dr. Dror will present his research at the upcoming New England IAI conference in Burlington, Vermont on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd.
For more information, email jmc538@yahoo.com or F4N6Jen@aol.com.
Conference registration information is available at www.nediai.org. Please note that Dr. Dror's lecture is not yet listed on the daily schedule at www.nediai.org. The most updated daily schedule can be obtained by emailing either of the two addresses above. Those who may be interested in attending the conference are reminded that the hotel room rate of $99.00/night at the Wyndham Hotel is only available until 10/09/05.
Jason Covey
New England IAI