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A man who spent decades on Utah’s death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing
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SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief’s aunt and spent decades on death row was released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn’t link him to the crime.
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A Utah judge has ordered a 71-year-old man to be released on bail after he spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing, despite objections from the victim’s family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
A Utah judge on Monday ordered a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing to be released on bail, despite objections from the victim's family, after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
A man who spent decades on Utah's death row is being released on bail after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to a 1985 killing
No physical evidence linked him to the crime scene, but the jury convicted Douglas Stewart Carter, a Black man, based on a confession and two witnesses who later recanted.
A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief's aunt and spent decades on death row is being released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to the crime.
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief’s aunt and spent decades on death row was released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn’t link him to the crime.
A 71-year-old man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence failed to link him to a 1985 killing.
A 71-year-old man who spent decades on Utah's death row has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence failed to link him to a 1985 killing.
Douglas Carter, 71, who has spent more than four decades on death row, was released on bail until new trial begins A Utah man who has spent more than four decades on death row was released from jail after newly analyzed DNA evidence showed that he was not connected to a 1985 homicide.
