First Name | Floyd |
Last Name | Bledsoe |
Year of Conviction | 2000 |
Year of Exoneration | 2015 |
State of Conviction | Kansas |
Type of Crime | Murder |
Life / LWOP sentence | Life |
Gender of Exoneree | Male |
Race of exoneree | White |
Juvenile | No |
Types of evidence at trial |
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Types of Flawed Forensics |
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Reason why invalid | Order not disclosed to the defense that DNA testing not be conducted prior to trial |
Jailhouse informant, Co-defendant, Incentivized Witness | Exoneree's brother, one of the actual culprits, falsely inculpated him after initially confessing three times |