David Rutherford Show: Navy SEAL Spent 31 Years in Prison for a Murder He Didn't Commit

Navy SEAL Dusty Turner spent 31 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. The man who actually committed it confessed in 2008. Dusty stayed locked up another 17 years anyway. He was finally released on March 5, 2026 — and 24 hours after sitting down for this interview, his parole officer had him arrested again on a vague "significant relationship" clause that a federal appeals court already ruled unconstitutionally vague. David Rutherford opens this episode with what happened after the cameras stopped, then hands off to a conversation Dusty has not been able to have until now: a fellow Navy SEAL asking him about the night his life ended, the swim buddy who killed Jennifer Evans, the JAG officer who told him to talk, and the 31 years that followed. Dusty Turner is a former Navy SEAL (Class 196, Team 4) who became the first person in Virginia history to be granted a Writ of Actual Innocence on non-biological evidence — a ruling the Attorney General appealed and overturned. He has been incarcerated since November 1995. ✅ Sponsor: ☕️ Black Rifle Coffee: 🏫 Get coaching by David Rutherford: 📕 Get David's novel, The Poet Warrior: 📰 Sign up for David's newsletter for free coaching tips, updates, and more: Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube:

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David Rutherford Show: Navy SEAL Spent 31 Years in Prison for a Murder He Didn't Commit is an episode from The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show by Premiere Networks.

This episode is 80:25 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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