12 People Jailed For Crimes They Never Committed

People Claimed They Saw Him

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During his trial, more than 5 people would claim that they had seen him with the victim before her rape and murder. And despite his continuous insistence that he was innocent, he was still found guilty and sentenced to two life sentences. But knowing that he was innocent, Bloodsworth worked to get the physical evidence from the victim’s underwear tested via DNA to see if it was truly a match to his own. The results, of course, would come back as a negative match for Bloodsworth, proving that he was, in fact, innocent of the pre-meditated death and rape of the young girl.

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