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Utah prosecutors say DNA evidence doesn't match man who spent decades on death row
Headline from WKBN Youngstown
Utah prosecutors are dropping their plan to seek the death penalty in an upcoming retrial of a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing in which newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
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Utah COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — The Utah County Attorney's Office announced that they will no longer be seeking the death penalty against Douglas Carter, accused of killing a Provo woman in her home in 1985.
The Utah County Attorney's Office has announced that they will no longer be seeking the death penalty against Douglas Carter, the man accused of killing Provo resident Eva Olsen in 1985.
Douglas Carter will face another jury trial on charges of aggravated murder. But now, prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty and they asked the judge to reconsider bail.
Utah prosecutors are dropping their plan to seek the death penalty in an upcoming retrial of a 71-year-old man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing in which newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.
Utah prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the upcoming trial against a 71-year-old Utah man who spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing that he says he didn’t commit.
