> Finally, in 1993 [nine years later], DNA analysis of the semen extracted from the girl’s underwear showed that the culprit was not Bloodsworth but someone els

> Finally, in 1993 [nine years later], DNA analysis of the semen extracted from the girl’s underwear showed that the culprit was not Bloodsworth but someone else, who eventually confessed. Thankfully, Bloodsworth had not been executed, and he was set free that year. > Over a decade later, DNA testing of the semen taken from her vagina right after the crime proved to be that of another man, who was then charged, and Cotton was set free. > Finally, however, after Bain obtained assistance from a lawyer and the Innocence Project of Florida, DNA testing was granted—and it completely exonerated him. He was released in 2009, having served thirty-five years for a crime he did not commit. There ought to be a federal standard for compensating people who have been wrongly imprisoned. > For example, Texas compensates the wrongfully convicted $80,000 per year of incarceration and an annuity set at the same amount ... That is, you get $80K per year for the rest of your life. That seems pretty fair. But there also ought to be something like a life insurance payout for families of prisoners who were wrongly executed.