Prosecutors ask La. Supreme Court to reinstate death penalty based on junk science

Prosecutors ask La. Supreme Court to reinstate death penalty based on junk science

Jimmie Duncan hugs his parents, Sharon and Bennie, upon his release from prison last year. (Photo by Jamal Barnes for the Innocence Project)Ouachita Parish prosecutors argued this week before a skeptical Louisiana Supreme Court that it should reinstate the murder conviction and death sentence against Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, a West Monroe native who was found guilty in 1998 for killing his former girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, Haley Oliveaux.…