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The True Story Of One Man's Triumph Over Injustice
A Shannon Ravenel Book
October 2005
On Sale: October 14, 2005
304 pages
ISBN: 1565125142
EAN: 9781565125148
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Non-Fiction Biography
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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