Entries tagged with “Douglas Carter”
May 20, 2025
Utah Supreme Court Affirms New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Whose Prosecutors Participated in “Intentional Misconduct”
On May 15, 2025, the Utah Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court’s decision vacating Douglas Carter’s (pictured) conviction and death sentence and ordering a new trial. The Court found that Utah County prosecutors violated Mr. Carter’s constitutional rights on multiple occasions with their“intentional misconduct” during his 1985 trial that accused him of causing the death of Eva Olesen during a home invasion. In November 2023, Utah County District…
Executions
Methods of Execution
,Jan 04, 2024
Utah Judge Clears the Way for Use of the Firing Squad
On December 22, 2023, Judge Coral Sanchez of Utah’s Third Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by five men on the state’s death row that challenged Utah’s two execution methods and protocols. Ralph Menzies, Troy Kell, Michael Archuleta, Douglas Carter, and Taberon Honie sought an order vacating Utah’s current execution protocols for lethal injection and firing squad and enjoining their future use. The prisoners argue that both methods constitute cruel and unusual…
Executions
Methods of Execution
,Nov 08, 2023
Utah Judge Hears Argument in Prisoners’ Lawsuit Against Execution Protocol
On October 26, 2023, Judge Coral Sanchez of Utah’s Third Circuit Court heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by five death-sentenced prisoners against the State in April. Ralph Menzies, Troy Kell, Michael Archuleta, Douglas Carter, and Taberon Honie seek an order vacating Utah’s current execution protocol and enjoining its use. The lawsuit argues that the State’s two-pronged protocol, with lethal injection as the default method of execution and firing squad as a backup,…
Issues
Dec 01, 2022
Utah Court Grants New Trial to Death-Row Prisoner Convicted in 1985 by False Testimony Coerced by Police
A Utah judge has granted a new trial to death-row prisoner Douglas Carter, finding that prosecutors knowingly withheld from the defense evidence that police coerced false testimony from two key witnesses, coached them to lie, provided them“thousands of dollars in financial benefits” to implicate Carter, and threatened them with deportation and loss of their son if they did…