Today, Hunter spoke with journalist Piper French about the wrongful conviction of Jimmie "Chris" Duncan. In 1998, Duncan was convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 23-month-old daughter. Originally, Duncan was charged with negligent homicide as it appeared his story, that he stepped away for a few minutes while the child took a bath and then she fell and drowned, was accurate. However, the notorious peddler of the junk science bite mark "evidence," Dr. Michael West, conducted a dubious autopsy where he pressed a mould of Duncan's teeth into the body of the girl. With this dubious autopsy and the help of a jail house snitch, the state convicted Duncan of capital murder. Since then, Duncan has been fighting to prove his innocence, but with Governor Jeff Landry's drive to increase the number of executions in the Louisiana, Duncan might never get the chance.

Guest

Piper French, Part Time Staff Writer at Bolt Magazine, Freelance Journalist

Resources:

Read the Article Here

https://boltsmag.org/the-human-cost-of-jeff-landrys-drive-to-resume-executions/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/louisiana-execution-bolts-chris-duncan-jeff-landry-death-row-capital-punishment/

Read more by Piper Here

https://www.psfrench.com/

Contact Piper

[email protected]

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https://bsky.app/profile/psfrench.bsky.social

Read more About Duncan's Case Here

https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-an-innocent-man-jimmie-chris-duncan/

https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jimmie-duncan-bite-mark-analysis-death-row-junk-science

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