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DNA Exonerates Man After 40 Years | Salt Lake City News
After 40 years behind bars for a murder conviction, Douglas Carter may finally be free — new DNA evidence proves he didn’t commit the 1985 killing of Eva Olesen, the aunt of the then-police chief. The Utah Supreme Court had already tossed out his original conviction due to flawed investigation, and now CODIS confirms his DNA doesn’t match key evidence from the crime scene. Prosecutors plan to retry him, but his lawyers demand all charges be dropped, arguing the state has already stolen too much of his life. The county attorney’s office remains silent outside court as this high-stakes legal…
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