Explore Exonerations (Map) | National Registry of Exonerations

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By default, the map is set to show only exonerations from 1989 through the present. Read More

1989 was the year of the first DNA exoneration and the dawn of a new era of wrongful convictions. The Registry used to separate the two - pre and post 1989 exonerations - into two separate and distinct databases. They are now synthesized to reflect the entire body of exoneration data. You can select "yes" for “Pre-1989” to view only exonerations in that era, "no" to view only exonerations since 1989, or neither, to reveal the combined data set of all known exonerations in U.S. history.

Exonerations

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Exonerations - States

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Pre-1989

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Mistaken identity

False confession

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Perjury / False Accusation

Official Misconduct

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DNA

Guilty Plea

Death Penalty

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Exonerations - States

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Additional Aspects:

Race/Ethnicity

Sex

Crime

Exoneration Era