First To Get Exonerated Via DNA Testing

Bloodsworth would go on to become the very first person to be exonerated from a crime due to DNA testing. And after spending 9 years locked up behind bars, he would finally be allowed to leave the cell he spent almost an entire decade inside. He also ended up becoming a speaker and supporter for both The Justice Project and the Innocence Protection Act, using his life’s experiences to help others in similar situations to his own.