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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Bullet Fingerprinting FLAWED

Posted: 4/21/2002 7:48:17 PM EDT

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1935000/1935847.stm[/url]

Posted: 4/21/2002 7:58:01 PM EDT

[#1]

This is a real problem, and can be expected to get a bunch of prisoners excited about appeals.

Looks like this Randich guy may be embarking on a new career - expert testimony for the defense.

Just to clarify - this is different from the "fingerprinting" of firearms being done for, uh, Maryland.

Posted: 4/21/2002 8:03:40 PM EDT

[#2]

Good article. When I took "Criminalistic Chemistry" many years ago we were taught that you could match bullets to the same "batch" by testing the levels of various elements in the bullet as they would vary from "batch" to "batch." The theory was that it was unlikely that a bullet found in a defendant's gun would have the same levels of various elements as the bullet used in a crime (this course was MANY years ago).

Posted: 4/21/2002 8:12:50 PM EDT

[#3]

Did anybody notice the "x-ray" shown with the article? There is what looks like a .30 caliber rifle bullet lodged in this dude's head, looks like it came from below the chin. What the heck? It should have blown the top of his head clear off. Unless, he was a couple miles away and a sniper tagged him as he was looking at a birdie in the sky, and there wasn't much energy left.

Posted: 4/21/2002 11:01:23 PM EDT

[#4]

More likely, the bullet entered from the rear of the head and lodged in the front. It may be an AK bullet or some less powerful round.

-Troy

Posted: 4/22/2002 6:40:43 AM EDT

[#5]

That's what I call an Excedrin (TM) headache!

"Honey, not tonite....."

Posted: 4/22/2002 6:54:32 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Did anybody notice the "x-ray" shown with the article? There is what looks like a .30 caliber rifle bullet lodged in this dude's head, looks like it came from below the chin. What the heck? It should have blown the top of his head clear off. Unless, he was a couple miles away and a sniper tagged him as he was looking at a birdie in the sky, and there wasn't much energy left.

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Or,

That's what I call a bad case of "tumbling bullet syndrome".

Posted: 4/22/2002 3:55:57 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Did anybody notice the "x-ray" shown with the article? There is what looks like a .30 caliber rifle bullet lodged in this dude's head, looks like it came from below the chin. What the heck? It should have blown the top of his head clear off. Unless, he was a couple miles away and a sniper tagged him as he was looking at a birdie in the sky, and there wasn't much energy left.

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Or,

That's what I call a bad case of "tumbling bullet syndrome".

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You would think it would be a bit more deformed then. If that is the case though it must have entered the back of the head, and it must have hurt like hE!!.

Posted: 4/22/2002 4:03:23 PM EDT

[#8]

The guy stuck it up his nose just for the Xray. [whacko]

Posted: 4/22/2002 8:50:04 PM EDT

[#9]

Judging from the relative bullet:head sizes, I'd guess at least .30 cal.

What about those lines of opacity across the forehead and down to in front of the ear?

Is this a human skull? The prominent jaw and protruding facial bones below the eye may me think of a chimp.

Is there a doctor in the house?

Posted: 4/23/2002 12:33:17 AM EDT

[#10]

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Judging from the relative bullet:head sizes, I'd guess at least .30 cal.

What about those lines of opacity across the forehead and down to in front of the ear?

Is this a human skull? The prominent jaw and protruding facial bones below the eye may me think of a chimp.

Is there a doctor in the house?

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It really does look like a primate.

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