He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?
Richard A. Webster, Verite News, and Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica · 31 August 2026
Jimmie "Chris" Duncan spent 27 years on Louisiana's death row before the state Supreme Court threw out his conviction, ruling that the bite marks used to condemn him could not have been made by a human. He is out, working nights at Walmart and living alone for the first time — but the district attorney can still retry him, and until that is settled he is owed nothing.