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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-death-row-prisoner-freed-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NEW: Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty
Early last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis began signing death warrants at a faster rate than ever before. What followed was the most intense period of executions the state has carried out in more than eight decades.
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-death-penalty-executions-ron-desantis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Florida #Law #Prison #DeathPenalty #RonDeSantis #CriminalJustice #Legal
Brian Tracey died of pneumonia while being held at a Florida jail.
The jail’s healthcare provider is affiliated with Armor Health companies, which have a history of delaying or denying care to inmates across the country, lawsuits allege.
https://www.propublica.org/article/armor-health-florida-jail-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NEW: 23-hour solitary confinement. 115-degree heat. Even now, Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the 27 years he spent on death row.
Despite his overturned conviction, Louisiana could force him to go back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-angola-death-row-wrongful-conviction-jimmie-duncan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia has made payments of more than $1.1 million for at least one contractor to work with the Corrections Department on its lethal injection process.
The state performed just one execution in that period.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-lethal-injections-costs-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Money #Transparency #Law #CriminalJustice #Prison #Justice
I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of Freedom Before Cancer Took His Life.
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For years, I followed the case of Fred Steese, who spent 21 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. When he died in August, it felt like the universe had dealt him yet another injustice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wrongful-conviction-cancer-death?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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