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A Utah man who has spent decades on death row after he was convicted of killing a police chief’s aunt has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence excluded him as the source of DNA recovered from key pieces of evidence in the case.

Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, was let out on bail late Monday over objections from the victim’s family. He must wear a GPS monitor while he awaits a new trial in the killing of Eva Olesen, who was found tied up, stabbed and shot inside her Provo home on Feb. 27, 1985, during what investigators suspected was a robbery.

A judge ordered him not to…

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