5: Episode 5 - The Dawn of a New Era

Dawn Hamilton has gone missing in Rosedale, Maryland whilst playing with friends at a park. The only witnesses are two young boys. Their testimony and composite sketch led to the arrest and conviction 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.
• Documentary: Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man (2015) produced by Lovelymachine
• Book: Bloodsworth by Kirk Bloodsworth