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  "id": 10772826,
  "title": "Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/utah-death-row-prisoner-released-after-new-dna-analysis-of-1985",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T20:12:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/utah-death-row-prisoner-released-dna"
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  "summary": "Douglas Carter, 71, who has spent more than four decades on death row, released on bail until new trial begins A Utah man who has spent more than four decades on death row was released from jail after newly analyzed DNA evidence showed that he was not connected to a 1985 homicide. Douglas Stewart Carter, now 71, walked out of the Utah county jail late Monday night after a judge ordered his…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Man ordered released on bail after decades on Utah’s death row after DNA tests show no match to him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/man-ordered-released-on-bail-after-decades-on-utahs-death-row-after",
        "published": "2026-09-28T23:11:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Man who spent decades on death row ordered released on bail after no DNA match",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-who-spent-decades-on-death-row-ordered-released-on-bail-after-no",
        "published": "2026-09-29T00:58:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Man who has spent decades on death row released after DNA evidence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/man-who-has-spent-decades-on-death-row-released-after-dna-evidence",
        "published": "2026-09-29T00:59:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Utah man jailed 41 years in murder case ordered released after new DNA tests",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/utah-man-jailed-41-years-in-murder-case-ordered-released-after-new",
        "published": "2026-09-29T16:53:42.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}