THURSTON DANIELS TESTIMONY AND COURT RULING .MARCH 15, 2016 Daniels Testimony130 131 133 134 138 138 139 ?ngerprints are umque Does his examination and feature identi?cation with latent side-by?side with the suspect?s prints Can?t say what he learned at 1A1 training Not trained on error rates Not certi?ed CPD print unit not accredlted No error management system ?other than the Publlc Defender Of?ce Your unlt has nothmg that you know of 111 place to deal WIth what would happen if an: - 'jgerror occurred9 Nodocumentatlonofany exmners No. full procedure manual 1n the CPD unit Memos don prov1de gmdance ?for actual comparison work Same Not familiar with general order that requires him to stay current on research Seems to credit research done by ?Department of Justice, or the IAI, or some other organization which is really into forensics.? Claims that ?ngerprint comparison is reliable because it has been done for so long: Q: And you?re basing that because it?s been done for over a hundred years? A: I would think that at this time if it wasn?t reliable, it wouldn?t be a science at all. .1. .. --1-- 141 142 142 144 144 144 145 149 151 159 169 171 181 204 206 207 CPD print unit does not receive the Journal of Forensic Science Does "not know what source attnbution IS So do you know-how ACE 1s assessed for rehabmty?? ?19.11? .llmowhow. theywould?assessACE g:Does not really understand and ll take your Word for it; Is able to de?ne a close non?match.- Testi?es to a reasonable degree of scienti?c certainty. Testi?es to an identi?cation, says prints made by the same person Prints ?om same person to a reasonable degree of scienti?c certainty Can take screen shots of AFIS searches (so should be able to print annotated latents) Claims that print image provided in discovery is not good enough because he uses a 5x magni?er and ?my bright light.? Doesn?t know connective ambiguity: Q: If there is one dissimilarity that can?t be explained, you rule that as an exclusion, is that right? A: Yes, if it have no explanation for it. Acknowledges the one true dissimilarity rule. . ?ted??atmg I he STATE OF ILLINOIS SS. COUNTY OF IN THE.CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT or JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CHILD PROTECTION JUVENILE JUSTICE.DIVISION Minor. .