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Jimmie Chris Duncan’s wrongful conviction case

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The Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously upheld the lower court’s factual-innocence finding for Jimmie Chris Duncan, who spent nearly three decades on death row after his 1998 conviction. The chartered case has reached its endpoint; later compensation or accountability matters are outside its scope.

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    1. Update 1After 27 Years on Death Row, Louisiana Says Jimmie Duncan Is Innocent

    The story so far

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      After 27 Years on Death Row, Louisiana Says Jimmie Duncan Is Innocent

      Louisiana's high court vacated Jimmie Duncan's 1998 murder conviction and affirmed he was factually innocent, collapsing a death sentence built on discredited bite mark evidence.

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      • No verified error-rate statistics for bite mark comparison and no verified testimony from family members appear in the sources provided.

    History

    1. Opened1 report

    Who's involved

    People

    • Steve TewNew Zealand rugby union official1 report
    • Steven HayneAmerican pathologist (born 1942)1 report

    Places

    • Louisiana Supreme Court Clerk400 Royal St #4200, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA1 report
    • Ouachita ParishOuachita Parish, LA, USA1 report
    • West MonroeWest Monroe, LA, USA1 report

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