Louisiana Death Row Inmate’s Conviction Overturned After Flawed Forensic Evidence Revealed
NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man had been on death row for almost 30 years before his sentence was overturned by a district judge. The judge did this after looking at forensic evidence that the man’s lawyers said was based on “junk science.” In 1998, Jimmie Duncan was first found guilty of first-degree murder after … Read more