Episode 5 - The Dawn of a New Era
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A young girl has gone missing. The only witnesses are two young boys. Their testimony and composite led to the arrest of the suspect...but this also led one man into a fight for his life Voices: Narrator: SuZe Sound Effects by: zapsplat.com  Documentary: Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man (2015) produced by Lovelymachine Music by: Possession by Purple Planet All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ An Innocent Man ~ Billy Joel acoustic guitar cover by larosity Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/02/maryland-abolishes-death-penalty-governor-law https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-nine-year-olds-murder-puts-an-innocent-man-in-jail https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/community/former-inmate-kirk-bloodsworth-won-the-battle-to-end-capital-punishment-in-maryland/ https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Rape-And-Murder-Of-Dawn-Hamilton-F3GGC8QKPVD5  https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/maryland#:~:text=In%202009%2C%20after%20nearly%20passing,the%20defendant%20to%20a%20homicide https://innocenceproject.org/cases/kirk-bloodsworth/ https://innocenceproject.org/about https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/03/14/11-states-that-have-the-death-penalty-havent-used-it-in-more-than-a-decade/#:~:text=Overall%2C%2030%20states%2C%20the%20federal,been%20critical%20of%20capital%20punishment. https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrJQ5vfeLpf5QwAoxIM34lQ;_ylu=Y29sbwNpcjIEcG9zAzEEdnRpZANDMDA5MF8xBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1606084959/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.law.umich.edu%2fspecial%2fexoneration%2fPages%2fabout.aspx/RK=2/RS=FP1wMDiqoryBtCII3ItFeHPi.Rc- Documentary: Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man (2015) produced by Lovelymachine Book: Bloodsworth by Kirk Bloodsworth
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