Kevin Dugar, 44, was released from the Cook County jail on Tuesday night "and breathed his first breaths as a free man in almost 20 years," his lawyer, Ronald.
iStock(CHICAGO) A Chicago man was released from prison on bond Tuesday after serving nearly 20 years due to his twin brother confessing to the crime. Kevin
iStock(CHICAGO) A Chicago man was released from prison on bond Tuesday after serving nearly 20 years due to his twin brother confessing to the crime. Kevin Dugar walked out of Cook County Jail a free man at around 9:30 p.m., his lawyer told ABC News. Dugar's brother, Karl Smith, confessed he was the one to pull the trigger in a 2003 shooting on Chicago's North Side, according to Chicago ABC station WLS. Dugar was convicted of the crime in 2005 and was serving a 54-year sentence. Smith, who is currently serving a sentence of 99 years for a different shooting, first confessed to the murder in 2013, according to the Center on Wrongful Convictions, which partnered with Dugar's lawyer to help free him. A judge did not believe Smith's confession was credible and denied Dugar a new trial in 2018, according to WLS. But on appeal, a new judge reviewed the confession and said Dugar should be released. Dugar could still face a trial if the state does not drop the case, his l