"Thompson had been treated years ago for an injury at a local hospital. Abolafia begged someone she knew there to help her. ""I said, 'three weeks from now this man's going to be executed. It's a matter of life and death. Please dig it up for me.' And she did."" The hospital report proved Thompson has type O blood — different from the blood type of the carjacker. It was the carjacking conviction that led to Thompson receiving the death penalty. The blood type evidence blew the case wide open, and saved Thompson from being executed."