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An autopsy was performed on Julius Caesar, revealing only one of his 23 stab wounds was fatal.
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Arabic merchants began using fingerprints for identification, attaching fingerprints to billsbe.
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The Chinese publish the first forensic science book. It was the first time medical knowledge was being used to solve crime.
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The First recorded use if physical evidence convicted John Toms of England
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James Marsh, an English chemist identifies arsenic as cause of death in a murder trial.
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Henry Faulds and William James Herschel publish their findings on the uniqueness of fingerprints.
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First school of forensic science founded by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss, in Switzerland.
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Victor Balthazard discovered that every gun will leave slightly different markings on the bullets it fires.
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Tommy Lee Andrews convicted of sexual assaults thanks to DNA profiling.
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The national academy of sciences deems DNA evidence reliable.
