Post by thinkinkmesa on Nov 25, 2011 0:25:11 GMT -5
Idaho filmmaker's project about man cleared by DNA
An Idaho-based filmmaker hopes to raise $25,000 for a documentary about the first person freed from death row by DNA evidence.
The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/upPMQj ) Boise filmmaker Gregory Bayne recently launched a fundraising campaign online. He is seeking pledges of at least $25,000 by Dec. 5 for the production of the film about Kirk Bloodsworth, who spent nine years in prison before a 1993 DNA test overturned his conviction.
Bloodsworth had been sentenced to die based on eyewitness testimony for a 1984 rape and murder.
More;
news.yahoo.com/idaho-filmmakers-project-man-cleared-dna-180002613.html
An Idaho-based filmmaker hopes to raise $25,000 for a documentary about the first person freed from death row by DNA evidence.
The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/upPMQj ) Boise filmmaker Gregory Bayne recently launched a fundraising campaign online. He is seeking pledges of at least $25,000 by Dec. 5 for the production of the film about Kirk Bloodsworth, who spent nine years in prison before a 1993 DNA test overturned his conviction.
Bloodsworth had been sentenced to die based on eyewitness testimony for a 1984 rape and murder.
More;
news.yahoo.com/idaho-filmmakers-project-man-cleared-dna-180002613.html