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1、Fingerprints,oneofthegreatdecidersofinnocenceorguiltincriminalcharges,arenowbeingplacedindoubt.Thisisbecauseofagrowingnumberofclaimsfromdefendantsthattheir“prints”havebeen“lifted”andplantedatscenesofcrimes.Andtheseallegations（主张，断言）arebeingtakenseriouslybylawyers,judges,a

2、ndpolicemenbecauseitispossibletomoveafingerprintfromonespotandplaceitelsewhere.Acommitteeoflawyersismakinganinvestigationintofingerprinting.Theyarenotaimingtoestablishiftheseallegationsaretrueornot,buttheyarequestioningcurrentfingerprintingmethodsaspartofageneralinquiryin

3、toscientificevidence.Howcanafingerprintbetransferred?Afingermarkleftonagreasy(油污的)glassorsomeothersmoothsurfacecanbe“lifted”withastripofadhesive(胶粘剂).Itcanthenbedepositedonanother,perhapsincriminating,object.Before1973,fingerprintsatthesceneofacrimeusedtobephotographedfor

4、identificationpurposesandtheobjectscarryingtheprintswereshownincourtaswell.However,thisisnolongernecessary.Since1973,anewmethodoftakingprintshasbeenused.Policeexpertscannowuseastripofadhesivetapeto“lift”aprintwhichisthenproducedincourtasevidence.Asaresult,criminalsareaccu

5、singthepoliceofliftingtheirprintsandplantingthematthethesceneofacrime.Andlawyersareworriedaboutthisincreasingnumberofclaims.Accordingtotheex-chiefofScotlandYard’sfingerprintdepartment,Mr.HaroldSquires,morethan55ofthecaseshenowgetsaremakingtheseclaims.Butsofarhehasnotseena

6、nyfingerprintevidencethatprovestheallegationstobetrue.Liftingamarkandputtingitonanotherobjectrequiresgreatskillandtrouble.It'salmostimpossiblebutitcanbedone.Itcanusuallybeeasilydetectedbyexperts,butthereisachancethatevenexpertsmaynotbeabletotell.Sohewouldliketheoldmethodo

7、fphotographingprintsandproducingthentogetherwiththeobjectstobegenerallyusedagain.1.Accordingtothepassage,fingerprintshavebeenregardedas_______ofasuspectedcriminal'sinnocenceofguilt.B.akeyproof2.Thepurposeoftheinvestigationbeingmadebyacommitteeoflawyersis________.D.toinqui

8、reintothereliabilityofpresentfingerprintingmethods3.Since1973______.B.policefingerprintingmethod