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Wrongful Conviction
March 24, 2023
Magazine
Lara Bazelon
What If the Worst Crime Imaginable Never Happened?
Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall.
June 23, 2022
Magazine
Chris Pomorski
When Innocence Isn’t Enough
Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a murder he and others say he didn’t commit. The state of Missouri says he must stay there—because he wasn’t sentenced to death.
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