How Man Re-gained Freedom 20-Years After He Was Convicted Of His Twin Brother's Crime
Faith Ukanwa
Jan 28, 2022
A man who spent nearly 20 years in prison for murder has been released after his identical twin brother confessed to the crime.
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Kevin Dugar was freed from the Cook County Jail in Chicago on Tuesday night after a motion for bond was granted, his lawyer, Ronald Safer, told The Post.
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"He is overjoyed to be free but is also adjusting to a world that is quite different from the world he left 20 years ago when he was arrested for this crime he did not commit,ÔÇØ the attorney said Thursday.
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Dugar had spent the last two decades in prison after being convicted in the 2003 fatal shooting of a rival gang member.
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But the case was called into question when his twin brother, Karl Smith, came forward in 2016 to issue the stunning confession that he was responsible for the deadly shooting.
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Two years later, a judge ruled that Smith's admission wasn't credible and declined to offer his twin a new trial.
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At the time, Smith was already serving a 99-year sentence for a home invasion that left a child shot in the head. Smith had also recently been denied an appeal.
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The prosecutor at the time said Smith had "nothing to loseÔÇØ - and he was skeptical of the twin's sudden admission.
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Another judge recently started reviewing Dugar's case after the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University appealed it.
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"The Court of Appeals found that there is a strong probability that a jury hearing all of the evidence would likely find Kevin not guilty,ÔÇØ Dugar's attorney said.
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They are hoping the Cook County State's Attorney's Office will review the evidence and drop Dugar's case entirely.
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"We are hopeful that the State does the right thing and dismisses this case. But if the State persists, we look forward to vindicating Kevin at trial,ÔÇØ the attorney said.
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As a condition of his release, Dugar will live in a residential transitional facility.
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— Faith Ukanwa