A Chicago man was released Wednesday after spending 20 years in prison for a murder his identical twin committed.
Kevin Dugar had spent almost two decades imprisoned in Chicago’s Cook County jail after he was convicted of a gang-related murder in 2003, according to Fox 32.
Ten years later, his twin, Karl Smith, wrote to his brother and confessed to being the true murderer.
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“I have to get it off my chest before it kills me,” Smith wrote in 2013. “So I’ll just come clean and pray you can forgive me.”
Dugar sought a retrial, but the request was denied in 2018 after a judge questioned the credibility of Smith’s confession, according to the report.
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That decision was reversed in an appeals court when Dugar’s attorney, Ron Safer, posited that a jury with the new information would reach a different verdict, the report noted.
Although prosecutors allege that Smith’s confession only came to light while he was serving a 99-year prison sentence for a shooting, Dugar was granted a 90-day conditional release.
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“This case is in a very different situation than it was 20 years ago,” Safer said.
