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NEW: Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan, convicted based in part on forensic evidence now widely regarded as junk science, is officially a free man.

“I am flooded with relief,” one of his lawyers said.
propublica.org/article/louisia…

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Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”

The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded as junk science.
Richard A. Webster (ProPublica)
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Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast theguardian.com/politics/audio… #UsSupremeCourt #Louisiana #UsNews #UsVotingRights #Race #UsPolitics #TrumpAdministration

Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast

The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais last month. Kai Wright talks with voting rights advocate and former Georgia state legislator Stacey Abrams about the way forward
Kai Wright (the Guardian)
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US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m… #UsSupremeCourt #Louisiana #UsMidtermElections2026 #Race #KetanjiBrownJackson #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #NeilGorsuch #UsPolitics #UsNews

US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms

Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the decision, saying the court has hastened it ruling only twice before in 25 years
Sam Levine (the Guardian)
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Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live theguardian.com/us-news/live/2… #UsVotingRights #UsNews #Louisiana #CivilRightsMovement #DonaldTrump #UsSupremeCourt

Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live

State’s governor and attorney general move to postpone midterm 2026 primaries just a day after supreme court ruling guts Voting Rights Act
Fran Lawther (the Guardian)
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Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a… #Louisiana #UsJusticeSystem #Catholicism #NewOrleansClergyAbuse #NewOrleans #Religion #UsNews

Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits

Kendrick Guidry, alone among judges, initially ruled that the state supreme court’s decision to uphold a ‘lookback window’ for abuse claims did not set a binding precedent
David Hammer (the Guardian)
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