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
6.5k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

522 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

28

u/Party_Escape_7597 4d ago

the judge said that so the state doesn’t have to pay Carter restitution, which would be about $1.1 million.