Emergency stay motion filed in Ouachita Parish murder case following Angola death row inmate release

Emergency stay motion filed in Ouachita Parish murder case following Angola death row inmate release

The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review a trial court’s decision to grant post-conviction relief to Jimmy Duncan, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 1998, and has ordered hi…

Judge grants bail to death row prisoner

Judge grants bail to death row prisoner Jimmie Duncan  After more than 25 years on death row, Jimmie Duncan inched one step closer to freedom Friday (Nov. 21) when Judge Alvin Sharp of the 4th Judicial District in Ouachita Parish granted him bail, setting it at $150,000. The decision comes nearly seven months after Sharp vacated Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction for killing his former girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, Haley Oliveaux…