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  1. After an anonymous tip and eyewitness testimony placed him near the crime scene, Kirk Bloodsworth was sentenced to death in Maryland for the 1984 sexual assault, murder, and mutilation of 9-year-old Dawn Hamilton. Bloodsworth insisted on his innocence and no physical evidence linked him to the killing. In prison he learned about DNA profiling.

  2. Nov 13, 2009 · The body of 9-year-old Dawn Hamilton is found in a wooded area of Rosedale, Maryland, near her home. The young girl had been raped and beaten to death with a rock. Unfortunately, Hamilton and her ...

  3. 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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  5. Nov 25, 2015 · AP. MIAMI — A Florida man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the bloody corpse on Facebook was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder after failing to convince a jury that he shot ...

  6. Jul 5, 2018 · 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. “It feels like yesterday to me,” Bloodsworth said ...

  7. Apr 8, 2018 · First published in 2004, the book chronicles Kirk Bloodsworth's arrest and conviction for the 1984 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl and his eventual exoneration based on DNA evidence. A ...

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  8. BLOODSWORTH - An Innocent Man is a documentary memoir recounting Kirk Noble Bloodsworth's remarkable journey through the criminal justice system. An innocent man convicted and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, Kirk became the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence in the United States. Set against the backdrop of his 2013 battle repeal the death penalty in the State ...

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