The Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a lower court’s ruling to nullify the 1998 first-degree murder conviction of Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, leading to his official release. The decision cited the reliance on forensic evidence now widely regarded as unreliable in the original prosecution for the death of his former girlfriend’s toddler.
Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was released from death row after 27 years after Judge Alvin Sharp ruled that “clear and convincing evidence proves (Duncan) is factually innocent in the alleged murder of Haley Oliveaux,” due to the fraudulent forensics of Drs. Steven Hayne and Michael West.
Jimmie Chris Duncan is on death row in Louisiana for a crime that experts now say may…
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By Nancy Martinez The first three episodes of Netflix’s The Innocence Files question the validity of forensic…