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A man who spent decades on Utah's death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing

A man who spent decades on Utah's death row is released and awaits a new trial in a 1985 killing
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A 71-year-old man who was convicted of killing a police chief's aunt and spent decades on death row was released Monday after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence doesn't link him to the crime. A Utah judge ordered Douglas Stewart Carter let out on bail late Monday over objections from th...

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