Louisiana Supreme Court overturns death row conviction based on discredited bite mark evidence
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Richard A. Webster, Verite
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The Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously overturned the 1998 murder conviction of Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, who had been on death row for killing his former girlfriend's toddler, Haley Oliveaux. The ruling found that the bite mark evidence used to convict Duncan was "scientifically indefensible" and that flawed forensics practices led to a wrongful conviction. Duncan is now a free man after spending decades on death row.
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· 3 pulledJustice Cade Cole wrote on behalf of the seven-member court that new evidence presented by Duncan's legal team left no doubt that his conviction should be overturned.
In the opinion, justices upheld a lower court's decision to toss out Duncan's 1998 conviction for killing his former girlfriend's toddler, Haley Oliveaux, citing flawed forensics practices used to convict him.
Former death row inmate Jimmie 'Chris' Duncan is officially a free man following a unanimous ruling Monday by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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