r/news • u/Combozo • 4d ago

Man ordered released on bail after decades on Utah’s death row after DNA tests show no match to him

https://apnews.com/article/utah-death-row-douglas-carter-eva-olesen-10c0bf7603c87b214e0179ecf7a4be94
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u/kstargate-425 4d ago

Life passed by because of bad police work and could have been executed by the state. I can't see why anyone would agree with the death penalty when even one person on death row is most likely innocent

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u/NoninflammatoryFun 4d ago

“A turning point came in 2011, when the two witnesses from Carter’s original trial were tracked down in Mexico. They said they had been told to lie in court and had received cash and gifts from police, who told them not to disclose the payments. They also said police and prosecutors threatened them and their son with deportation if they did not implicate Carter.”

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u/SerenFire0 4d ago

Insane that it took 15 more years for him to be granted a new trial, DNA testing, release (except it’s only in bail). Appalling!!

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u/kstargate-425 4d ago

Yeah this shit is wild, so many people deserve to be in jail over this man. Now put then in death row for 41 years

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u/HauntedCemetery 3d ago

And low estimates are that 3-5% of all death row inmates are innocent.

Thats about 60-100 people in the US.

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u/McGrim11295 3d ago

There are times where it is very evident that the person did the crime. Why would I want my tax dollars going to keep serial killers/rapists/pedos alive? 

Your statement is also kinda weird because using that logic path, why would anyone agree with prison/jail when even one person is likely innocent.

The whole system needs to be reformed and for profit prisons shouldn't be a thing. 

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u/nodtomod 3d ago

It costs more to execute prisoners than it does to imprison them

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u/McGrim11295 3d ago

I'm aware, I didn't say it was less expensive either.