Utah Judge Orders Death Row Inmate Released After DNA Evidence Clears Him in 1985 Murder

A decades-long conviction unravels with new DNA analysis, raising questions about evidence handling and trial process while spotlighting the stakes of capital punishment when forensic science evolves.
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