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As state attorney general in 2023, Landry opposed Duncan's petition to be compensated for his wrongful conviction. Duncan withdrew the petitionafter Landry's successor, Liz Murrill, threatened to goafter Duncan's law license in the state. When Duncan ran for clerk, Murrill vowed to take "further action" against him if he did not stop calling himself "exonerated." Landry and Murrill have pointed to Duncan having accepted the 2011 plea deal for manslaughter and armed robbery. "The Attorney General made it clear during the election that if I continued to accurately speak about my innocence and exoneration that I would face consequences from her office" Duncan told The Associated Press. "We are seeing those consequences today as she and the Governor try to undo the will of 68% of voters in New Orleans." Murrill said she had "no involvement" in the move to eliminate the office.
