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Judge Orders Douglas Carter Released on Bail Pending Retrial
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- U.S. 4th District Judge Derek Pullan ordered 71-year-old death-row inmate Douglas Carter released on bail.
- DNA analysis on September 22 excluded Carter from blood on the doorknob and knife handle.
- Pullan required GPS monitoring, an 11 p.m. curfew, employment and a no-contact order with the Olesen family.
- Utah Supreme Court ordered a new trial after finding police and prosecutor misconduct; retrial set for July 26, 2027.