Entries tagged with “Bite Mark Evidence”
Sep 02, 2026
Articles of Interest: Former Death Row Prisoner Jimmie Duncan, Declared Factually Innocent, Describes His Experience Since Release and the Threat to Return Him to Prison
Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was released from Louisiana’s death row in 2025 but is still facing the possibility of a retrial for the 1993 death of his girlfriend’s daughter, 23-month-old Haley Oliveaux. Mr. Duncan has consistently maintained his innocence, and in June 2026, the Louisiana Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a lower court’s decision finding him factually innocent. But in an interview with ProPublica and Verite News, he describes the “hopeless” feeling of trying to fight his conviction…
Executions
Aug 15, 2022
Texas Executes Man Whose Conviction Relied on Discredited Forensics
Texas on August 17, 2022 executed Kosoul Chanthakoummane (pictured), whose conviction prosecutors obtained with discredited forensic testimony. He was the second defendant of color in less than a month to be put to death over the objection of the victim’s family. Chanthakoummane was convicted and sentenced to death in Collin County for the 2006 murder of Sarah Walker, a real estate agent who was found murdered in a model home. He has long maintained his innocence. Chanthakoummane’s conviction…