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Oct 6, 2021 · The Maryland Board of Public Works determined that Bloodsworth would be entitled to $721,237.40 in compensation under the new formula. Subtracting the prior payment Bloodsworth received in 1994, an administrative law judge on October 6, 2021 approved payment of $421,237.40 in supplemental compensation.
“Kirk, where he’s from, the Eastern Shore, I guess, he’s got that as well. He’s this big guy with a big soul and that comes through.” He starts from the beginning: “August 9, 1984, I open the door and there’s lights in my eyes. ‘Kirk Bloodsworth, you’re charged with the first-degree murder of Dawn Hamilton, you son-of-a-bitch
Jul 5, 2018 · 07.05.18 By Innocence Staff. In 1993, Kirk Bloodsworth became the first person on death row to be exonerated based on DNA testing. Earlier this week, local news station WBAL in Baltimore interviewed Bloodsworth about the larger impact of his case and about his life in the 25 years since he was proven innocent of murder.
Nov 13, 2009 · On June 28, 1993, nine years after first going to jail, Kirk Bloodsworth was released. He was officially pardoned later in the year. ... This Day in History Video: What Happened on July 24 South ...
Jan 29, 2014 · "Kirk Bloodsworth was the first death row inmate to be cleared with the use of DNA evidence," Ms Saleh said. "But as long as the death penalty exists, the risk of executing the innocent, including ...
Jun 20, 2000 · Kirk Bloodsworth walks out of prison a free man in 1993, nine years after being wrongly convicted of raping and killing a nine-year-old girl in Maryland
Oct 14, 2005 · “Chilling, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring. I urge you to read it.” —SISTER HELEN PREJEAN, author of Dead Man Walking CHARGED WITH THE RAPE AND MURDER of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland’s gas chamber. Maintaining his innocence, he read everything on criminal ...
