JFI
See Journal of Forensic Identification.
JFS
Journal of Forensic Sciences. Published by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Jennings (People vs. Jennings, Illinois, 1910)
The first State Supreme Court case to uphold the admissibility
of fingerprint evidence. Dec. 21, 1911, The Illinois State Supreme
Court upheld the admissibility of fingerprint evidence concluding
that fingerprints are a reliable form of identification.
Jennings, Thomas
Thomas Jennings was the first person to be convicted of murder in
the United States based on fingerprint evidence. In 1911, Jennings
appealed his conviction to the Illinois Supreme Court, questioning
the admissibility of fingerprint evidence. The Illinois Supreme
Court upheld his conviction concluding that fingerprint evidence is
admissible and a reliable form of identification. Thomas Jennings
was sentenced to death and executed on Feb. 16, 1912 for the murder
of Clarence B. Hiller.
http://www.todayinsci.com/cgi-bin/indexpage.pl?http://www.todayinsci.com/2/2_01.htm 08-12-2003
Another interesting website with a news clipping about this is:
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/JenningstoDie.html 08-12-2003
Mary Holland, Michael P. Evans, William M. Evans, and Edward Foster
were the four fingerprint experts that testified at Jennings original
trial.
Jennings, William Nicholson (1860-1946)
William Jennings is credited with being the first person in the
United States to record his own palm prints years apart to test their
persistency. After hearing a lecture at the Franklin Institute in
Philadelphia in 1887 he recorded his prints. In 1937 he again recorded
his prints and saw they did not change. Jennings did not publish
either of the recordings until 1939. An interesting side note is that
this was Jennings only connection to the fingerprint industry. Jennings
was an internationally known photographer famous for being the first
person to photograph lightning.
Joiner
See General Electric Co.
Joint
The hinged area where two bones are joined together.
Journal of Forensic Identification
A peer review journal produced by the International Association of
Identification and published from 1988 until the present.
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