Positive Consequences

• Innocence Project Act
• Compensation Statues in Maryland
  • Maryland doesn’t have any set compensation statues like other states.
    • Compensation is based on “actual damages” to the person.
      • Bloodsworth was offered $30,000 for lost income over the course of nine years.
• Maryland abolishing the death penalty
• In 2013, Bloodsworth became an activist for Witness to Innocence.
  • Led to the governor repealing the death penalty.
• Justice for All Act
• Grant program bearing his last name which funded post-conviction DNA testing for other offenders trying to prove their innocence.
• Apology issued by the prosecutor once the real killer was found.

Negative Consequences

• Bloodsworth had to change his image to protect himself.
• He had many prison fights over things such as his cigarette debt.
• His dad spent over $100,000 in legal fees.
• Bloodsworth started drinking more.
• Job failures because of his record.
• Humiliations
• Romantic disappointments
• Depression
• Self-doubt