February 20 2020
Simon Bunter's article entitled "Cognitive Bias in Fingerprint Evidence: does the alleged 'matching' ridge detail even exist?" has been published in the Winter 2019/Spring 2020 edition of The Writ.
In the article Simon talks about what cognitive bias is, the Shirley McKie case and how the fingerprint expert community can adopt a different approach to their examinations in order to eliminate bias.
Available on the The Law Society of Northern Ireland's website, you can read the full article HERE.
