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Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row by Tim Junkin

ISBN: 9781565124196 PUBLISHER: Shannon Ravenel Books FORMAT: Hardback PAGES: 294 PUBLICATION DATE: 9.10.2004 DIMENSIONS: 223mmX138mmX29mm 499grams

DESCRIPTION: 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. 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, Kirk Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence. He was pardoned by the governor of Maryland and has gone on to become a tireless spokesman against capital punishment.

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