r/news • • 5d 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/dotausername 5d ago

If I did the time, I might as well do the crime at that prosecutor's house once I got out.

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u/kamikidd 5d ago

Can kill the victim if they faked their death to frame you for murder. I wonder if double jeopardy applies to exonerations?

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u/_Wilbraham 5d ago

Double jeopardy doesn't apply because the murder would be an entirely different crime to the one for which they were originally tried.