AdvertisementOnce On Death Row, He Now Fights To Defeat The Death Penalty05:13Download AudioResumeMarch 10, 2013Margot AdlerfacebookEmailKirk 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)