Dirty Politics? Exonerated Man Wins Election But La. Governor Won’t Let Him Serve

About this episode

Calvin Duncan discusses his fight against the abolition of the office he was elected to after being exonerated from a wrongful conviction.

Calvin Duncan has filed a civil rights lawsuit to fight state lawmakers who just eliminated the office he was elected to last year. Duncan was set to take office as criminal court clerk of New Orleans on Monday, when Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a law this week, abolishing the role. Duncan was freed after spending 28 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, earned his law degree at 60 and is now fighting to assume the office he was legally elected to on Monday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Calvin Duncan

Topics covered

• civil rights
• politics
• exoneration
• law
• criminal justice

Keywords

• Calvin Duncan
• exoneration
• Louisiana politics
• civil rights lawsuit
• criminal court clerk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Louisiana, New Orleans

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