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Matthew Brown

Man, 71, to be released after decades on death row following DNA breakthrough

Douglas Stewart Carter walks out of the Utah County Jail after a Utah judged ordered his release from jail on Monday Sept. 28, 2026, in Spanish Fork, Utah. (AP Photo/George Frey) CORRECTION: Corrects to jail, instead of prison - (AP)

A judge has ordered a 71-year-old man to be released on bail after he spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing.

The move comes after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence did not match him.

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