Chicago Man Freed After Nearly 20 Years in Prison After Twin Brother Confessed to Murder
After leaving prison 20 Years after a crime he did not commit, Dugar was able to hug his family again.
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From one moment to another, Kevin Dugar’s life changed. In 2008 he was sentenced to 99 years in prison for a crime that he claimed he did not commit; 20 years later he achieved his freedom after the confession of his twin brother, author of the murder.
Thus, the man from Chicago was released from the county jail Cook, after it was revealed that he never participated in the crimes he was charged with.
According to ABC7 in Chicago, Dugar was convicted of a gang-related murder in 2003 on the north side of Chicago, near Sheridan Road and Argyle Street.
Kevin Dugar was released from custody Tuesday night after spending 20 years in prison for a murder his twin brother confessed to committing. https://t.co/IqnfZxbc
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) January 26 , 2022
It is worth mentioning that the case gained relevance since the confession of his brother, Karl Smith, who wrote a letter in 2013, which he accompanied with phrases like “I have to get it off my chest before he kills me” and “So I will be honest and pray that you forgive me”, in addition to the account of the events.
Despite the testimony, the judge found the confession “completely unreliable” in 2018, for which Dugar remained jailed. The judge cited the fact that Smith was already serving a sentence prison term of 550 years for his participation in a home invasion and armed robbery in 2008 that left a 6-year-old boy shot in the head.
However, Dugar’s conviction was later overturned by the Court of Appeals, which considered it likely that a jury hearing all the evidence would reach a different conclusion than the one that convicted him , according to the defense.
For now, the Cook County State Attorney’s Office has not indicated whether it will drop the case.
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