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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: As feds link Lil Durk's lyrics to murder-for-hire case, experts cry foul
Description: Chicago rapper Lil Durk is being held in federal custody in Los Angeles on charges he orchestrated a 2022 plot to kill a rival.
Federal prosecutors are using lyrics by the Grammy award-winning rapper–whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks–to prove their case.
However, some industry leaders and civil libertarians say using song lyrics as evidence in court is dangerous and unconstitutional.
Chicago Sun-Times criminal justice editor Tom Schuba spoke with Morning Edition host Mary Dixon. HOST: LANE