US EditionLouisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars
Jimmie Duncan posted $150,000 bail after nearly 30 years on death row as forensic bite-mark evidence was deemed unreliable by experts, prompting case review.
- Jimmie Duncan, a Louisiana death row inmate, won release on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year by posting a $150,000 bond.
- Prosecutors' case relied on bite-mark analysis and an autopsy by two experts later linked to at least 10 wrongful convictions, according to Duncan's legal team.
- Duncan's attorneys described Jimmie Duncan as a model prisoner who helped others earn GEDs and noted he plans to live with a relative in central Louisiana after release.
- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill argued against bail while the Louisiana Supreme Court reviews the case, and Prosecutors are seeking to reinstate Duncan's conviction.
- Since 1973, more than 200 people on death row have been exonerated, including 12 in Louisiana, and Duncan was one of 55 people on death row held at Angola state prison.
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Louisiana inmate released on bond after spending 30 years on death row for Ouachita Parish murder
MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) - After 30 years on death row, Angola inmate Jimmie Duncan was granted bail by a district judge. Today, Wednesday, November 26, 2025, Ouachita Parish Sheriff's deputies are transporting him back to Monroe, La. In 1998, Duncan was convicted of first-degree murder after being accused by prosecutors of raping and drowning his [...]
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Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars
A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail. On Wednesday, Jimmie Duncan posted bail and left the state’s maximum-security prison in Angola. Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after…
Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars
A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail. On Wednesday, Jimmie Duncan posted bail and left the state’s maximum-security prison in Angola. Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after…
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