HOUSTON A random review of cases found technicians often thought fingerprints weren't good enough to provide identification when they clearly were. On Wednesday, Houston City Council discussed the ...

For years fingerprinting has been viewed by the public as a practically infallible crime-fighting tool with accuracy rates approaching 100 percent. But revelations like those in the Houston Police ...

City Council authorized nearly $3 million Wednesday to begin the process of reforming the Houston Police Department's troubled fingerprint comparison unit. The money will go toward paying a team of ...

A revelation that the NYPD failed to disclose a serious error eight years ago by a leading detective in its high-profile fingerprint lab has led to calls for a top-to ...