Fingerprint Evidence: Fact or Fiction?         A death penalty case involves three men charged with operating a multi-million dollar drug ring linked to four murders. The men involved are Carlos Ivan Llera -Plaza, Wilfredo Martinez Acosta and Victor Rodriguez. These three men sit before U.S. District Court Judge Louis H. Pollak (Sealy 1).         From this information, nothing looks out of the ordinary. A closer look into this case reveals a significant difference from other cases in …showed first 75 words of 2428 total…

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