The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

15 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,F ebruary 21,2019 insidehalton.com Title sponsor: Presented by: Media sponsors: 2019 NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN Visit canadianimmigrant.ca/rbctop25 NOMINATE SOMEONE TODAY! Do you know an inspiring immigrant who has made a positive impact in Canada? Recognize and celebrate their achievements by nominating them for this coveted national award by Feb 27, 2019. To qualify for the Preferred Pricing, you must be a Canadian resident holding a valid driver's license, have been a Costco member since January 4, 2019 or earlier and must: (1) Register with Costco to receive your non-transferable Authorization Number; (2) Present the Authorization Number to the participating dealer; (3) Retail purchase, finance or lease an eligible new in-stock 2019 vehicle between Jan. 5, 2019, and Feb. 28, 2019. In addition, to receive a $500 Costco Cash Card by email, submit a redemption form to Costco within thirty (30) days of vehicle delivery and complete a Costco member satisfaction survey. Please allow three weeks for Costco Cash Card delivery, pending completion of all eligibility requirements; including redemption form submission, purchase verification and survey completion. The purchase or lease of a vehicle does not qualify for the calculation of the Costco Executive Membership 2% reward. Not compatible with some other GM Canada incentives. For full program details and for any applicable exclusions, see a participating dealer or costcoauto.ca/GM. For Costco Cash Card terms and conditions, visit Costco.ca and search "Cash Card". The Winter Sales Event is subject to change without notice. Void where prohibited. Costco and its affiliates do not sell automobiles or negotiate individual transactions. ®: Registered trademark of Price Costco International, Inc. used under license. MUST BE A MEMBER SINCE JAN 4/19 OR EARLIER. CONDITIONS APPLY. ELIGIBLE COSTCO MEMBERS RECEIVE PREFERRED PRICING PLUS A $500 ON SELECT 2019 MODELS COSTCO CASH CARD* WE'VE TEAMED UP TO GIVE YOU A GREAT DEAL. DON'T MISS OUT ON AN EXCLUSIVE OFFER FROM CHEVROLET AND COSTCO. WINTER SALES for fingerprints.for fingerprints.f He found none. The forensic identifica- tion officer said he did find two fingerprints on the gar- bage bag containing the clothing, which matched Scordino. He also found blood- stains on a pair of jeans within the bag and sent swabs of these bloodstains to the Centre of Forensic Science in Toronto. Defense Attorney Ari Goldkind attempted to raise questions not only about Felske's qualifica- tions but the validity of fin- gerprint identification. Goldkind questioned Felske about the forensic identification course he had taken through the On- tario Police College in 2012, asking how long it was. Felske said 45 days. Goldkind suggested on- ly a few days of that course were dedicated to finger- print analysis. Felske disagreed stating the first two weeks of the course were specifically dedicated to fingerprint work. Beyond that, he said, there was around 140 hours of after-hours work on the subject, which he complet- ed; plus, throughout the course, participants were expected to apply what they had learned so they could be evaluated. Goldkind pointed out the National Latent Print Examiner Training Acade- my in the United States fea- tures a training period of 20 weeks. It was noted previously that Felske has been en- gaged in fingerprint com- parison for more than six years, and he was qualified by the court as an expert in this area. Goldkind further sug- gested that fingerprinting is a subjective art rather than a science and that this subjective nature means there is no set formula to determine if fingerprints taken from a suspect match those found at a crime scene. Felske said there is a process with regard to fin- gerprint analysis and com- parison that is followed ob- jectively to reach a conclu- sion. Goldkind went on to ask if anyone had ever been wrongly convicted through fingerprint evidence.fingerprint evidence.f Felske said this has hap- pened and referenced the high-profile examples of Brandon Mayfield in Amer- ica in 2004 and Shirley McKie in Scotland in 1997. The detective noted these incidents involved the use of small parts of a fingerprint that were offingerprint that were off poor quality. Felske said law-enforce- ment communities learned lessons from both these in- cidents. The court heard previ- ously the prints found on the garbage bag and Scordi- no's prints were sent to Hamilton police, who reached the same conclu- sion that they matched. The defence lawyer con- tinued his assault on fin- gerprint identification not- ing fingerprints can't be dated and that while they can be found on an object, like a garbage bag, that doesn't mean the person touched the items inside. Go to Insidehalton.com for daily updates on the tri-for daily updates on the tri-f al. NEWS Continued from page 14