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Miscarriage of justice

Exonerated: Pursuing Justice after a Wrongful Conviction

This week, with the signature of Governor Martin O’Malley, Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty. Kirk Bloodsworth watched as the Governor signed the repeal, the culmination of a years-long advocacy campaign. In 1984, a Maryland jury convicted Bloodsworth of the sexual assault and murder of nine-year-old Dawn Hamilton, a violent crime […]

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