RESOURCES: Bloodsworth – The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA

A new biog­ra­phy by Tim Junkin enti­tled Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA recounts the events that led first to the con­vic­tion and death sen­tence, and then to the free­ing of Kirk Bloodsworth for the mur­der of a nine-year-old girl in Maryland. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking describes the book as ​“Chilling, heart­break­ing, and ulti­mate­ly inspir­ing.” Scott Turow says: ​“Bloodsworth is a tale of courage and deter­mi­na­tion in the face of the law’s worst night­mare – the exe­cu­tion of an inno­cent man.” Senator Patrick Leahy calls Bloodsworth ​“a pow­er­ful indict­ment of the a death penal­ty sys­tem that is fun­da­men­tal­ly bro­ken.” (Algonquin Books, 2004). See Innocence.