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Attorneys for Douglas Carter ask for dismissal, claiming double jeopardy
What happened
Douglas Carter, whose 1985 murder conviction was overturned, has asked a Utah judge to dismiss the case, arguing that decades-old misconduct by investigators and prosecutors should prevent the state from retrying him.
Timeline
- KSL Attorneys for Douglas Carter ask for dismissal, claiming double jeopardy
- ABC 4 'Justice demands something must be done': Douglas Carter's defense team files motion to dismiss murder case over misconduct
- KJZZ Douglas Carter asks judge to dismiss 1985 murder case
- KUTV 2News Douglas Carter asks judge to dismiss 1985 murder case
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'Justice demands something must be done': Douglas Carter's defense team files motion to dismiss murder case over misconduct
— PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — The attorneys for Douglas Carter, the man accused of killing a Provo woman in 1985 and who spent several decades on death row for it, have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him. Carter…
Douglas Carter asks judge to dismiss 1985 murder case
— Douglas Carter, whose 1985 murder conviction was overturned, has asked a Utah judge to dismiss the case, arguing that decades-old misconduct by investigators and prosecutors should prevent the state from retrying him…