Well, that would hurt, and you would have to permanently damage the entire fingerprint-- as only a small section of the scanned print is really needed to make a

Well, that would hurt, and you would have to permanently damage the entire fingerprint-- as only a small section of the scanned print is really needed to make a match. IANAL: but I would imagine a sour faced judge could call it contempt or maybe destruction of evidence depending on the circumstances?