{"product_id":"9781565127104","title":"Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence","description":"\u003cb\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eSerial \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaking a Murderer\u003c\/i\u003e, meet Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Bloodsworth 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bloodsworth read every book on criminal law in the prison library and persuaded a new lawyer to petition for the then-innovative DNA testing. After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in America, Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Intense and hard-hitting, \u003ci\u003eBloodsworth\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a man’s tireless fight against a justice system that failed him.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146464542960,"sku":"9781565127104","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565127104_p0.jpg?v=1769899758","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565127104","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}