May 8th, 2013 by WCBC Radio
One of the more interested spectators in Annapolis last week to watch Governor Martin O’Malley sign a bill making Maryland the 18th state in the nation to repeal the death penalty was Kirk Bloodsworth. Bloodsworth, a former Marine and a Maryland resident is the first American sentenced to death row who was exonerated by DNA. He was convicted in 1985 of sexual assault, rape, and first-degree premeditated murder for the 1984 rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl. It wasn’t until 1993 when he was freed after DNA testing was conducted on what was thought to be lost evidence. In total, he spent 9 years in prison, the last two of those on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. Bloodsworth said the new law will see to it that no innocent person will be unjustly executed in Maryland…
May 08, 2013 at 9:28 am, Sis said:
BUT it will also see to it that any one that is convicted of a murder will not die. This is a grave injustice to other victims. If you murder someone,why should your life be worth more?