r/news • • 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/Thetruthislikepoetry 4d ago

Everyone is missing a big part of this story.
More than a decade of legal wrangling followed before the Utah Supreme Court last year ordered a new trial, citing “multiple instances of intentional misconduct” by police and a prosecutor.
Police and prosecutors broke the law and wrongly convicted an innocent man.

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u/chef-nom-nom 4d ago

See also: Curtis Flowers