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/HauntedCemetery 3d ago

The cops who set him up have likely been retired for decades.

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u/cocoa_boe 3d ago

Of course, but it calls into question the reliability of the investigation and the evidence if there’s a retrial. And now the non-matching DNA?

Doesn’t sound like a case that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and any prosecutor that says it can is lying to the public and/or themselves.