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Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing
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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 homi
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. Douglas Stewart Carter, now 71, walked out of the Utah county jail late on Monday night after a judge ordered his release on bail. He will have to wear a GPS monitoring device until a new trial begins.
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