Support WBUROnce On Death Row, He Now Fights To Defeat The Death PenaltyPlay05:13Download AudioMargot AdlerMarch 10, 2013 ShareKirk Bloodsworth was the first person in the U.S. to be exonerated by DNA evidence after receiving the death sentence. Convicted in 1985 of the rape and murder of a young girl, he was released in 1993. (AFP/Getty Images)
