“Captain Proctor testified that after firing fourteen test bullets from Sacco's gun into a box of oiled sawdust, he compared bullet number 3 with the test bullets. Proctor seemed a reluctant witness as he carefully explained that he was accustomed to testing revolvers by pushing the bullets through the barrel manually rather than test-firing the gun. Proctor told the jury that in all probability, the other five right-twist 32-caliber bullets, the two in the paymaster and the other three in the bodyguard, had been fired from a Savage brand automatic. When the assistant district attorney asked the Captain if he was sure of this, the white-haired Proctor replied, “I can be as certain of that as I can of anything.” When asked if bullet III had been fired from Sacco's Colt automatic, Proctor phrased his answer more carefully. “My opinion is,” he stated, “that it (bullet III) is consistent with being fired by that (Sacco's) pistol.” (Italics mine)” (Jim Fisher 2008).
Many years of struggle to save Sacco and Vanzetti from wrong conviction. Many observers in the …show more content…
Forensic scientist and ballistic expert have spent the subsequent years to reexamining the evidence and the prosecution testimony. As off present Vanzetti is viewed as innocent of any participation in the crime. While less inevitability exists about the guilelessness of Sacco. Ballistic examined in 1983 disclosed that the bullet that apparently murdered Berardelli originated from the Colt revolver that belongs to Sacco at the time of his apprehension. A board of firearms experts concluded that Sacco was possibly guilty either as an accomplice or the offender of the crime. An additional group of expert insists that there exists an overwhelming chance that an exchange of bullets took place and that Sacco was totally guiltless. They claimed that Sacco and Vanzetti were not guilty of the crime and they concluded that he was a victim of a