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Oliver Laughland
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Aug 2026
The Exonerated Prisoner Kicked Out of Office by Republicans – Podcast
Calvin Duncan spent 28 years in a Louisiana prison for a murder he did not commit before being exonerated. At 64, he sought an administrative position intended to help inmates access their criminal records, but Louisiana Republicans prevented him from taking office, ending his brief political career. Guardian journalist Olly Laughland presents Duncan’s experience as an example of racial and criminal-justice inequities and of what he describes as competitive authoritarianism in Trump-era America.
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