First American sentenced to death to be exonerated post-conviction by DNA testing
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. By the time an appeal based on the DNA evidence was underway, his sentence had been commuted to two consecutive life sentences. He gained release from prison and a full exoneration in 1993.[3][4]
^Kirk Bloodsworth, The Justice Project, retrieved 2009-09-09, Kirk Bloodsworth is the first person sentenced to death row to be exonerated by DNA evidence.[permanent dead link]
^Marshall, Claire (2009-09-09), I was first death row inmate saved by DNA, BBC News, retrieved 2009-09-09
^"Kirk Bloodsworth - National Registry of Exonerations". www.law.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
^"Death Row Exoneree Kirk Bloodsworth Celebrates 26 Years of Freedom". Innocence Project. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
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