Utah prosecutors drop death penalty as DNA clears death row inmate

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Sept, 04:24 · Archive

Utah prosecutors have dropped the death penalty for Douglas Stewart Carter after DNA evidence excluded him from a 1985 murder.

Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, was sentenced to death in 1985 for the murder of Eva Olesen. Utah prosecutors have now dropped the death penalty after new DNA evidence excluded him from the killing.

How it is being reported

• Utah prosecutors drop death penalty after new DNA evidence shows man is not match in 1985 killingNew York Post · 25 Sept, 03:13
• DNA evidence doesn’t match man who spent decades on death row, Utah prosecutors sayIndependent World · 24 Sept, 21:53

In this story: Douglas Stewart Carter · Eva Olesen · Utah

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