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July 1st, 1923: The first ever American crime lab
is opened in Los Angeles by August Vollmer,
an L.A. police chief. Rex Welsh is appointed
as the department's first ever criminalist.November 24th, 1932: The Federal Bureau of Investigation
establishes its own crime lab, as directed by
J. Edgar Hoover. It grows largely over the years,
preceeding its L.A counterpart.≈1920: Edmond Locard, who established
a French crime lab predating the first American
one, describes his Principle of Exchange.June 28th, 1993: Daubert vs. Merrel Dow
Pharmaceuticals is closed, and the Daubert
Standard is created.September 10th, 1984: British geneticist Sir Alec
Jeffreys discovers techniques to profile humans
based on their DNA.≈1930: Dr. Karl Landsteiner is
awarded a Nobel Prize for his
contribution to the classification
of blood types.≈1903: Fingerprint lifting and powdering becomes
popularized in the U.S, and is used by not only the police
but also the U.S Marines, Army, and Navy.≈1989: One of the first police sketches
is created to help aid a Michigan
kidnapping investigation. After this point,
they see a rise in use in U.S forensics.≈1950: Spectrometry, the gold standard of
chemical detection, is improved largely by
John Beynon and Fred McLafferty. The use
of spectrometers skyrockets in U.S forensics.≈1918: Dr. Alexander Gettler opens the first
American toxicology laboratory in New York.≈1986: The first ever criminal case to involve
DNA recognition begins, and ends years later
with a correct conviction.
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