S2 Ep42: The Case of Kirk Bloodsworth: Americas First DNA Exoneration

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 11 a.m.

After the 1984 discovery of 9-year-old Dawn Hamilton\u2019s body in the woods, police began their search for a tall, muscular, curly-haired man. Kirk Bloodsworth \u2013 fitting that description \u2013 was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death. Then, he was tried again and given two consecutive life sentences. Finally, nine years after first being blamed for the crime, a breakthrough in DNA technology would make history.
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