US man freed after 41 years on death row as DNA clears him

A 71-year-old man, Douglas Stewart Carter, who spent 41 years on death row in the United States after being convicted of murdering Eva Olesen in Provo, Utah in 1985, has been released on bail. Prosecutors stated that newly analysed DNA evidence did not link Carter to the crime. Carter was convicted based on a confession he signed during police interrogation, which he claimed was coerced.

The Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Carter last year due to misconduct by investigators. Carter is required to wear a GPS monitor while awaiting the new trial. Olesen, the victim, was stabbed multiple times and shot in the back of the head at her home. Carter, originally from Chicago, was living with his mother in Utah at the time.

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