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Utah Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Man on Death Row After Police Misconduct Surfaces

On Thursday, the Utah Supreme Court unanimously decided to grant Douglas Stewart Carter, a 69-year-old death row inmate, a new trial in connection to the 1985 killing of Eva Olesen, who was connected to a former Provo police chief.
The ruling followed a lower court's 2022 decision, which found numerous constitutional violations, including police and prosecutorial misconduct involving witness coercion and withheld evidence.
Carter was found guilty largely due to a confession he wrote and testimony from two immigrant witnesses who alleged he boasted about the murder, even though no physical evidence connected him to the crime.
Justice Paige Petersen stated the conviction was rooted in "multiple instances of intentional misconduct" and noted Carter spent over 40 years incarcerated due to unconstitutional practices.
The new trial order acknowledges past violations but leaves the Olesen family without closure while Carter remains imprisoned and awaits further legal proceedings.

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Utah high court orders new trial in death row case

The Utah Supreme Court ruled Douglas Carter deserves a new trial, citing police and prosecutorial misconduct in his decades-old death penalty conviction.

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Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate

Douglas Stewart Carter has argued that in addition to police and prosecutorial misconduct, his own confession was coerced.

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Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for man on death row after police misconduct surfaces

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court ruled Thursday that “numerous constitutional violations” during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent decades on death row merit a new trial.

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Utah Supreme Court Orders Retrial Against Death Sentenced Offenders · Global Voices

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the “numerous constitutional violations” committed during the trial and sentence of a man who spent decades on death row warrant a new trial. Judges confirmed the ruling of a trial judge who ordered a new trial for Douglas Stewart Carter after finding trouble in the way the police and prosecution handled his case. Carter, 69, was sentenced to death in 1985 after a jury found him guilty…

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