Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, has been released on bail in the United States after spending 41 years on death row following his conviction for killing a woman.
The release came after new DNA analysis failed to match Carter. He has always maintained that he was innocent of the crime.
Carter’s conviction had kept him on death row for more than four decades, one of the longest periods a person has spent awaiting execution in the US. The new analysis has now raised questions about the evidence supporting the conviction.
The available information does not set out the terms of his bail, where he was released or what further legal steps will follow. Carter’s case remains connected to the original conviction, despite the DNA result and his longstanding denial of responsibility.
