Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence
Oct 2005 · Sold by Algonquin Books
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Fans of Serial and Making a Murderer, meet Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland's gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaimed his innocence, but when he was granted a new trial because his prosecutors improperly withheld evidence, the second trial also resulted in conviction.
Bloodsworth read every book on criminal law in the prison library and persuaded a new lawyer to petition for the then-innovative DNA testing. After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in America, Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence.
Intense and hard-hitting, Bloodsworth is the story of a man’s tireless fight against a justice system that failed him.
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland's gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaimed his innocence, but when he was granted a new trial because his prosecutors improperly withheld evidence, the second trial also resulted in conviction.
Bloodsworth read every book on criminal law in the prison library and persuaded a new lawyer to petition for the then-innovative DNA testing. After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in America, Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence.
Intense and hard-hitting, Bloodsworth is the story of a man’s tireless fight against a justice system that failed him.
Fans of Serial and Making a Murderer, meet Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland's gas chamber. From the beginning, he proclaim...
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Bruce Tremmel
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December 24, 2012
A great story of the sad state of our justice system from start to finish! Lucky for the work of all of those who stayed with the convicted....justice delayed did attempt to make it right! Against all odds he finally won!! What a price to pay!
Paul Demetre
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March 8, 2016
The true story of the justice systems failing of Kirk Bloodsworth which almost ended in his execution.
Franci Fullerton
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March 1, 2016
I will never support the death penalty in any way, ever again
About the author
Tim Junkin is a lawyer and an award-winning novelist who lives in Maryland.
Tim Junkin is a lawyer and an award-winning novelist who lives in Maryland.
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