Bloodsworth : the true story of the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA
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Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
1565124197, 9781565124196
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Cumberland - Non-Fiction (2nd Floor) | 8426 TRUECRIME-FORENSICS-JUN | On Shelf |
| Narragansett (Maury Loontjens) - Adult Non-Fiction | 364.66 JUN | On Shelf |
| North Smithfield - Adult Non-Fiction | 92 Bloodsworth | On Shelf |
| Pawtucket - Adult Non-Fiction | HV 8701 B56 J85 2004 | On Shelf |
| Providence Public - Level 1 Book Stacks | 364.66092 B655j | On Shelf |
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Published
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1565124197, 9781565124196
Notes
General Note
"A Shannon Ravenel book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294).
Description
Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Kirk Bloodworth 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. In jail, Bloodworth read every book on criminal law available in the prison library. When he stumbled across Joseph Wambaugh's book The Blooding, which describes the first use of genetic fingerprinting, he persuaded a new lawyer to try for the then innovative DNA testing. After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in the country, Kirk Bloodworth was vindicated by DNA evidence. He has gone on to become a tireless spokesman against capital punishment. Bloodworth exposes the details of inevitable human error in a capital murder case and in a legal system gone awry. Through dogged tenacity and courage, this story tells how one man saved his own life and many other innocent men on death row.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Junkin, T. (2004). Bloodsworth: the true story of the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Junkin, Tim, 1951-. 2004. Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated By DNA. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Junkin, Tim, 1951-. Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated By DNA Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Junkin, Tim. Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated By DNA First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2004.
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