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Do dead guys not have functional fingerprints? (Yes, I really asked that. Yes, I'm really curious.)
by ethbro 11y ago
Do dead guys not have functional fingerprints?
(Yes, I really asked that. Yes, I'm really curious.)
- superuser2 11y agoHe had a 5C, so wouldn't help here.
- ethbro 11y agoBecause I was interested and no one else chirped in, the answer is "Yes, but require some additional effort to obtain due to post-mortem stiffening." For those curious, here's a Northwestern scan of an article in The Journal of Criminal Law from the 70s (thanks, internet!): http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5809&context=jclc http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent...