Subscribe Via RSSMaryland Exoneree Kirk Bloodsworth Testifies Before Maryland Legislature
On Wednesday, Maryland exoneree Kirk Bloodsworth testified before the Maryland legislature in favor of the abolition of the death penalty in Maryland. Mr. Bloodsworth was convicted and sentenced to death for a rape and murder that he did not commit. He spent nearly nine years on Maryland's death row before a DNA test proved that he could not have been the killer. The DNA test also implicated the true killer, who subsequently plead guilty. Mr. Bloodsworth, who serves on our Honorary Board, now speaks extensively on innocence issues and the death penalty. To learn more about his wrongful conviction and how it happened, please see the "Case Profiles" section of our website. To read Marc Fisher's Washington Post column on Mr. Bloodsworth and his testimony, click here.
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