Morin case uncovered evidence of gross police and prosecutorial misconduct, and of misrepresentation of forensic evidence. Meanwhile, Morin was awarded $1.25 million in compensation from the Ontario government.

2.Kirk Bloodsworth — Spent 9 Years in Prison

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Not only did Kirk Bloodsworth spend time behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, he spent time on death row. In fact, Bloodsworth is the first person facing the death penalty to be exonerated for his alleged crimes. In 1985 Bloodsworth was convicted of the brutal murder and rape of a 9-year-old girl in Baltimore. The evidence to convict him was flimsy at best; a former neighbor of his said he looked like the suspect who was last seen with the girl, and five other witnesses identified Bloodsworth as the killer. Hespent almost nine years in state prison, including two years on death row, before he was set free. He also missed the funeral of his mother while incarcerated. Finally, on his third appeal, and thanks to DNA testing, Bloodsworth was exonerated of all crimes, and the DNA testing actually led police to the real killer. Today Bloodsworth is the director of Advocacy for Witness to Innocence, a nonprofit group that advocates against the death penalty. It is entirely made up of people who were once on death row. In his own words, “if it can happen to an honorably discharged Marine without a criminal record, it can happen to anyone.”

1.Anthony Porter — Spent 16 Years in Prison

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The case of Anthony Porter is one of the more stomach