Some good news for a Friday afternoon! After a Verite News and @ProPublica investigation, a Louisiana district judge has vacated the death sentence of Jimmie Duncan, whose 1998 murder conviction was based on allegedly fabricated bite-mark analysis. Judge Alvin Sharp pointed to new testimony that said such analysis is "no longer valid" and "not scientifically defensible." Duncan, now 56, has spent 27 years on death row. It is unclear yet whether he will walk free. At the second link, find the original reporting on Duncan's conviction.

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#News #USNews #USLaw #USPrisons #Louisiana #DeathPenalty #Justice #JimmieDuncan

The death penalty "is imperfect in its application, haphazard in its result, and of negligible utility."

Finally, a legal victory against the death penalty
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5259167-kansas-death-penalty-swing-states/

#Kansas #DeathPenalty #JusticeReform

I was wondering what was going on with #Luigi...

Federal prosecutors to seek #DeathPenalty for accused CEO killer #LuigiMangione

Mangione is expected to plead not guilty at his arraignment on Friday.

April 24, 2025,

"Hours before Luigi Mangione's arraignment in federal court, federal prosecutors submitted formal notice that they intend to seek the death penalty if he's convicted, citing, in part his alleged desire 'to provoke broad-based #resistance to the victim's industry' by killing #UnitedHealthcare #CEO #BrianThompson."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-accused-ceo-killer/story?id=121145544

#FreeLuigi #ArmyOfLuigis #EatTheRIch #MakeCEOsAfraidAgain #LuigiMangione #BeLuigi #EatTheRichTheyreDelish

#deathpenalty #Todesstrafe:
27 #US-Staaten behalten ihre Rückständigkeit bzgl. der Todesstrafe bei.
27 #US states maintain their backwardness regarding the death penalty.
#Alabama, #Arizona, #Arkansas, #Florida, #Georgia, #Idaho, #Indiana, #Kansas, #Kentucky, #Louisiana, #Mississippi, #Missouri, #Montana, #Nebraska, #Nevada, #NorthCarolina, #Ohio, #Oklahoma, #SouthCarolina, #SouthDakota, #Tennessee, #Texas, #Utah, #Wyoming.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/mann-im-bundesstaat-texas-21-jahre-nach-mord-hingerichtet-100.html

“We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates the sacred dignity of every human life.”

Texas is scheduled to execute Moises Mendoza today. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-death-row-moises-mendoza/

#DeathPenalty #politics #USpol #prison #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #news #Texas

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