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Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science (newsie.social)
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Jimmie Duncan spent 27 years on death row, convicted in part based on evidence experts now consider to be junk science.But even after the overturning of his murder conviction and his release on bail, Louisiana still wants to execute him.propublica.org/article/jimmie-#News #Louisiana #CriminalJustice #Law #Crime #Forensics

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago

@ProPublica Apparent from the article that Duncan was guilty of negligent homicide, but the prosecutor wanted a death penalty case so the forensics guys faked evidence for him with fake bitemarks.

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