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Former death row inmate asks Utah judge to dismiss murder case slated for retrial
Defense lawyers say investigators suppressed evidence and coerced witnesses, while prosecutors have not yet responded to the motion.
- Douglas Stewart Carter asked a 4th District Court judge in Provo, Utah, to dismiss his aggravated murder case after spending over 40 years on death row.
- The Utah Supreme Court ordered a retrial last year citing "numerous constitutional violations" by investigators. No physical evidence originally linked Carter to the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen, the aunt of a former Provo police chief.
- Defense attorneys argue investigators suppressed evidence pointing to the victim's husband, Orla Olesen. Prosecutors recently admitted uncertainty regarding the existence of key evidence, including a polygraph tape.
- Carter remains in prison while awaiting retrial. A judge scheduled a bond hearing for June, though the Utah County Attorney's Office has not yet filed a response to the dismissal motion.
- Arguing that "legally, enough is enough," the defense seeks a permanent end to the case after decades of incarceration for a crime Carter maintains he did not commit.
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·Salt Lake City, United States
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