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Kirk Noble Bloodsworth (born October 31, 1960) is a former Maryland waterman and the first American sentenced to death to be exonerated post-conviction by DNA testing. [1] [2] He had been wrongfully convicted in 1985 of the 1984 rape and first-degree murder of a nine-year-old girl in Rosedale, Maryland .
Feb 5, 2013 · Kirk Noble Bloodsworth, the nation’s first death row inmate exonerated by DNA, is pressing to end capital punishment in Maryland, the state that sought his execution.
Jul 3, 2018 · Kirk Bloodworth walked out of prison a free man 25 years ago Thursday, making history as the first death-row inmate to be exonerated by DNA. The case has lasting impact. Time has healed many ...
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Apr 10, 2008 · Bloodsworth was wrongfully imprisoned for nine years, including two years on death row, for a crime he took no part in whatsoever -- the 1984 rape and murder of 9-year-old Dawn Hamilton, in Rosedale, Md. In 1993, Bloodsworth's case became the first capital conviction overturned based on advanced DNA testing.
Jul 5, 2018 · Bloodsworth was convicted largely based on misidentifications made by several eyewitnesses. In 1992, after eight years in prison, Bloodsworth received favorable news. Results from DNA tests of crime scene evidence revealed publicly what he knew all along: he was innocent.
Janelle Bloodsworth. . ( m. 2009) . Children. 3. Thomas John Guiry (born October 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for his lead performance as Scott Smalls in the coming-of-age film The Sandlot, [1] [2] which was filmed when he was 12, and his role in NBC crime drama The Black Donnellys. [3]
Oct 6, 2021 · Posted on Oct 06, 2021. Innocence. Maryland. Kirk Bloodsworth, the first former death-row prisoner to have been exonerated by DNA testing, has become the first person to receive supplemental compensation under a new Maryland wrongful imprisonment statute.
