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Utah judge to rule if Douglas Carter will be released on bail after 41 years behind bars

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Douglas Carter has been behind bars for 41 years, with much of that time spent on death row. Last Wednesday, prosecutors announced they would not be seeking the death penalty in his next trial on the same charge, aggravated murder, a first-degree felony.