Tag: Bite Mark Evidence

  • Louisiana Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Built on Junk Science

    Louisiana Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Built on Junk Science

    For more than a quarter of a century, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan lived with the possibility that the state of Louisiana could execute him for murdering his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter. Prosecutors argued the evidence was overwhelming. Jurors agreed, sentencing him to death in 1998. Now, nearly three decades later, Louisiana’s highest court has unanimously concluded that…