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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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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.
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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Feb 5, 2013 · Feb. 5, 2013. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Kirk Noble Bloodsworth, a beefy, crew-cut man whose blue T-shirt read “Witness to Innocence,” took the microphone in a church hall here and ran through his ...
Mar 10, 2013 · Kirk Bloodsworth was the first person in the U.S. to be exonerated by DNA evidence after receiving the death sentence. Convicted in 1985 of the rape and murder of a young girl, he was released in ...
Jun 26, 2013 · From Death Row To Free Man. Kirk Bloodsworth left death row 20 years ago. He was the first death row inmate in the U.S. proven innocent using DNA evidence. He talks with host Michel Martin about ...
February 15, 2007 cdaniel. Kirk Noble Bloodsworth was sentenced to death for a 1984 rape-murder he didn’t commit. It took nine years for DNA to exonerate him, and another decade for it to link another man to the crime. Mr. Bloodsworth is one of a small but disturbing number of innocent people who were released from death row after being ...