A Chicago judge recently became the first judge in the country to bar the use of ballistics matching testimony in a criminal trial. What inspired him to make that ruling? What does it mean for other cases-- like Delphi-- where ballistics testimony seems to play a key role?

To get some answers, we turn to Radley Balko-- a journalist whose coverage of the case first brought it to our attention.

You can follow Radley Balko at his Substack: https://radleybalko.substack.com/

If you are interested in other perspectives on this subject, you can listen to our earlier episodes on this subject:

https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/a00b85a5-138d-449f-b101-d6be85e2e14d

https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/aa77c321-eb87-4aac-a7cf-01b75cc74d12

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