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CRIMEJun 30 · 10:00 UTCLOUISIANA ILLUMINATORRichard A. Webster, Verite

Louisiana death row prisoner freed after bite mark evidence deemed ‘scientifically indefensible’

Jimmie Duncan was freed after the Louisiana Supreme Court overturned his 1998 conviction for killing Haley Oliveaux, citing flawed bite mark evidence. The court ruled that new evidence showed the forensic analysis used to convict Duncan was scientifically invalid.

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