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| Name | State | County | Convicted | Exonerated | Crime | Sentence | Term of Years | Years lost | Age | Race | Sex | Year of recantation | Date of Release | Posting Date |
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| Vara, Revat | Texas | Harris | 2007 | 2017 | Traffic Offense | Term of Years | 25 years | 10 | 39 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 09-28-2017 | |
| Vargas, Luis | California | Los Angeles | 1999 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 55 years | 16 | 29 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 11-30-2015 | |
| Vaughn, Tony Jr. | Texas | Harris | 2018 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 180 days | 0 | 50 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-01-2023 | |
| Vaz, David | Vermont | Orleans | 2022 | 2023 | Kidnapping | Not Sentenced | 1 | 27 | Black | Male | 2023 | 09-19-2023 | ||
| Vega, Jose | New Jersey | Camden | 2009 | 2010 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 33 | Hispanic | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2022 | ||
| Velasquez, Neftali | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2016 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 7 | 27 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-14-2023 | ||
| Velasquez, Ronald Jr. | California | Los Angeles | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 22 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2024 | 03-27-2024 | |
| Villa, Alexander | Illinois | Cook | 2019 | 2024 | Murder | Life | 6 | 23 | Hispanic | Male | 2024 | 10-16-2024 | ||
| Villalobos, Abraham | California | Los Angeles | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to Life | 14 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 03-27-2024 | |
| Villasana, Armand | Missouri | Greene | 1999 | 2000 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 1 | 44 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Villegas, Daniel | Texas | El Paso | 1995 | 2018 | Murder | Life | 18 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2014 | 10-15-2018 | ||
| VonAllmen, Michael | Kentucky | Jefferson | 1983 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 35 years | 11 | 24 | White | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Voss, Krystal | Colorado | Alamosa | 2004 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 28 | White | Female | 2013 | 09-20-2017 | |
| Waddy, Alvin | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 21 | Black | Male | 2008 | 02-22-2019 | |
| Wagstaffe, Everton | New York | Kings | 1993 | 2015 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 25 years | 22 | 23 | Black | Male | 2014 | 08-02-2015 | |
| Walden, Oscar Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 1952 | 1978 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 75 years | 13 | 20 | Black | Male | 1965 | 03-30-2020 | |
| Walker, Bruce | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2004 | 03-01-2022 | ||
| Walker, Danny | Illinois | DuPage | 2012 | 2018 | Fraud | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 47 | Black | Male | 2012 | 04-20-2018 | |
| Walker, David | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 2009 | 03-02-2022 | |
| Walker, Derek | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 2004 | 03-02-2022 | |
| Walker, Gene | Texas | Harris | 2017 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 7 years | 2 | 38 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-02-2025 | |
| Walker, Jamal | Illinois | Cook | 2016 | 2020 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years and 6 months | 3 | 31 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-27-2021 | |
| Walker, James | New York | Kings | 1971 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to Life | 19 | 30 | Black | Male | 1990 | 05-16-2013 | |
| Walker, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 10 to 22 years | 10 | 29 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-26-2016 | |
| Walker, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 23 | Black | Male | 2020 | 08-26-2020 | ||
| Walker, Lee Dell | Michigan | Wayne | 1954 | 1972 | Murder | Life | 18 | 41 | Black | Male | 1972 | |||
| Walker, Russell | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 7 years | 2 | 30 | Black | Male | 2009 | 05-13-2018 | |
| Walker, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Wallace, Robert | Georgia | Baldwin | 1980 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 7 | 29 | Black | Male | 1987 | |||
| Wallach, E. Robert | Fed-NY | (Southern) | 1989 | 1993 | Fraud | Term of Years | 6 years | 0 | 50 | White | Male | 1989 | 03-29-2013 | |
| Walls, Dorian | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2006 | 04-27-2022 | |
| Walter, Sullivan | Louisiana | Orleans | 1986 | 2022 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 35 years | 35 | 17 | Black | Male | 2021 | 08-31-2022 | |
| Walters, Earl | New York | Queens | 1994 | 2023 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 17 1/2 to 40 | 19 | 17 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-05-2023 | |
| Ward, Ramon | Michigan | Wayne | 1995 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 25 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 03-23-2020 | ||
| Wardell, Billy | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 1997 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 69 years | 10 | 21 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Warney, Douglas | New York | Monroe | 1997 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 9 | 34 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Warren, Cedric | Kansas | Wyandotte | 2010 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 14 | 18 | Black | Male | 2024 | 01-23-2025 | |
| Warren, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 28 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-10-2018 | ||
| Washburn, Michael | Massachusetts | Bristol | 2002 | 2003 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 2003 | 11-17-2017 | |
| Washington, Calvin E. | Texas | McLennan | 1987 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 14 | 30 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Washington, Darryl | Texas | Dallas | 1996 | 2012 | Robbery | Life | 16 | 24 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-18-2012 | ||
| Washington, Earl Jr. | Virginia | Culpeper | 1984 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 17 | 22 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Washington, Jabbar | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 20 | 21 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-17-2017 | |
| Washington, Mahlik | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2008 | 09-13-2023 | ||
| Washington, Phillip | Michigan | Berrien | 2007 | 2009 | Drug Possession or Sale | Unknown | 2 | 24 | Black | Male | 2009 | 01-09-2023 | ||
| Washington-Riley, Alexander | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2014 | 03-13-2020 | ||
| Watkins, John | Arizona | Maricopa | 2004 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 14 years | 7 | 19 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Watkins, Joyce | Tennessee | Davidson | 1988 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 27 | 39 | Black | Female | 2015 | 01-24-2022 | ||
| Watkins, Kimberly | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 0 | 31 | Black | Female | 2007 | 03-01-2022 | |
| Watson, Robert Lamar | Florida | Polk | 1965 | 1965 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 0 | 24 | White | Male | 1965 | ||
| Weatherly, Harold | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1984 | 2007 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 15 | 25 | White | Male | 1998 | 08-01-2019 | |
| Weaver, David | North Carolina | Wake | 2020 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years and 11 months to 4 years and 3 months | 2 | 40 | Black | Male | 2022 | 06-27-2022 | |
| Weaver, Ricky | Idaho | Elmore | 2020 | 2024 | Solicitation | Term of Years | 15 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2024 | 09-26-2024 | |
| Webb, Ricky | Tennessee | Gibson | 1978 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 46 | 21 | Black | Male | 2023 | 2024 | 11-12-2024 | |
| Webster, Bernard | Maryland | Baltimore | 1983 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 30 years | 20 | 19 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Weekly, Isaac | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-10-2018 | ||
| Weekly, London | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 15 | Black | Male | 2005 | 06-21-2024 | ||
| Weichel, Fred | Massachusetts | Norfolk | 1981 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 28 | White | Male | 2017 | 08-10-2017 | ||
| Weiner, Murray | California | San Diego | 1994 | 1996 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 2 | 65 | White | Male | 1996 | 03-16-2013 | ||
| Weir, John | Oklahoma | Comanche | 1986 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 51 years | 1 | 22 | White | Male | 1987 | 01-09-2020 | |
| Weldon, Kyle | Iowa | Polk | 2015 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 31 days | 0 | 21 | White | Male | 2015 | 01-27-2017 | |
| Westbrooks, Lashane | New York | Kings | 2007 | 2007 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 6 months | 0 | 29 | Black | Male | 2007 | 09-03-2013 | |
| Westly, William | New York | Bronx | 1999 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 20 to Life | 2 | 47 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Westmoreland, Donte | Kansas | Riley | 2017 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 7 years and 8 months. | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 2020 | 05-04-2021 | |
| Whirl, Shawn | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 20 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-22-2015 | |
| Whitaker, Mark | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2003 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 16 | 29 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-12-2019 | ||
| White, Antoine | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 05-16-2022 | ||
| White, Curtis | Virginia | Loudoun | 1993 | 1994 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 31 | Black | Male | 1994 | 03-11-2013 | ||
| White, Kareem | Texas | Swisher | 2000 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 60 years | 3 | 22 | Black | Male | 2003 | 06-09-2022 | |
| White, Kizzie | Texas | Swisher | 2000 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 25 years | 3 | 21 | Black | Female | 2003 | 06-09-2022 | |
| White, Lionel Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2006 | 11-28-2018 | ||
| White, Lionel Sr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-20-2016 | |
| White, Theodore Jr. | Missouri | Jackson | 1999 | 2005 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 50 years | 6 | 35 | White | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Whitfield, Arthur Lee | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1982 | 2009 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 63 years | 23 | 26 | Black | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Whitley, Drew | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1989 | 2006 | Murder | Life | 17 | 32 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Whitley, Harold | New Jersey | Camden | 2008 | 2010 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2022 | ||
| Wickham, Christopher | Utah | Salt Lake | 1997 | 2019 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 20 to life | 14 | 27 | White | Male | 2011 | 10-02-2019 | |
| Wigfall, Carlton | New York | New York | 2011 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 46 | Black | Male | 2013 | 12-04-2016 | |
| Wilbourn, Kim | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 27 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-26-2019 | |
| Wilbourn, Vondell | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years and 6 months | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Wilcoxson, Robert | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2002 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 15 3/4 years | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 2011 | 10-12-2011 | |
| Wilkerson, Mike | Missouri | Jasper | 2000 | 2017 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 07-05-2017 | ||
| Wilkins, Theodore | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 3 | 27 | Black | Male | 2011 | 03-13-2022 | |
| Wilkinson, Robert | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1976 | 1977 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 26 | White | Male | 1977 | |||
| Williams, Alberta | Texas | Swisher | 2000 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 10 years | 3 | 48 | Black | Female | 2003 | 06-10-2022 | |
| Williams, Alfred | Texas | Harris | 1987 | 1989 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 30 years | 2 | 53 | Black | Male | 1989 | 07-05-2013 | |
| Williams, Archie | Louisiana | East Baton Rouge | 1983 | 2019 | Attempted Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 22 | Black | Male | 2019 | 03-23-2019 | ||
| Williams, Calvin | Louisiana | Orleans | 1977 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 15 | Black | Male | 1992 | 08-29-2011 | |||
| Williams, Charles | Connecticut | Hartford | 2014 | 2024 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 10 years | 9 | 40 | Black | Male | 2023 | 04-10-2024 | |
| Williams, Christopher | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1992 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | Black | Male | 2021 | 02-24-2021 | ||
| Williams, Clifford Jr. | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2019 | Murder | Death | 43 | 33 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2019 | ||
| Williams, Cordell | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-20-2022 | ||
| Williams, Darrell | Oklahoma | Payne | 2012 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-26-2014 | ||
| Williams, Demarko | Illinois | Cook | 2018 | 2023 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 10 years | 5 | 38 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-13-2024 | |
| Williams, Duane | Michigan | Wayne | 2013 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 11 | 42 | Black | Male | 2024 | 11-01-2024 | ||
| Williams, Dwayne | Louisiana | Orleans | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 22 | Black | Male | 2022 | 11-21-2023 | ||
| Williams, Edward | Ohio | Summit | 1997 | 2015 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 25 | Black | Male | 1997 | 04-05-2015 | ||
| Williams, Emmaline | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1995 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 12 years | 8 | 43 | Black | Female | 1994 | 07-03-2014 | |
| Williams, Hayes | Louisiana | Orleans | 1968 | 1997 | Murder | Life | 29 | 19 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Herman | Illinois | Lake | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | White | Male | 2022 | 09-26-2022 |