Crime & Justice
Man who spent decades on death row ordered released on bail after no DNA match
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.
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A Utah judge ordered 71‑year‑old Douglas Stewart Carter, who had spent decades on death row for a 1985 murder, to be released on bail after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him. Carter had been sentenced to death in 1985 when a jury found him guilty of killing Eva Olesen, the aunt of the Provo police chief at the time. The victim’s family objected to the bail decision.
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