Instructions for Using the Registry

The table below shows all individual exonerations. By default, the table is set to show exonerations from 1989 through the present. Check "Pre-1989" in the Exoneration Era filter to view Pre-1989 exonerations. Use the filters on the left to search for exonerations with particular criteria. Hover over the symbols for explanations of filters or columns. Use the Keyword Search box to filter for cases that contain those keywords in the narrative summary.

If multiple keywords are entered, the search will show cases in which the narrative contains ANY of those words. Since the table is filtered to 1989 through the present by default, a search for the name of someone who was exonerated before 1989 will not produce results until the Date of Exoneration is adjusted, or the Pre-1989 filter is selected. Once filters have been set, select the column headings you wish to display, and sort the table by whatever column heading you choose by clicking on the column heading. For more detailed instructions, see Understanding the Registry, under "About" at the top right of the Home Page. Note: 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. If you wish to view exonerations prior to 1989, check "Pre-1989" in the Exoneration Era filter. Read Less
Total records: 180
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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
Matsumoto, Keith Hawaii Honolulu 2014 2020 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 months 1 54 Asian Male 2014 12-07-2020
McClendon, Myrickki Arkansas Pulaski 2011 2018 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 years 2 32 Black Male 2013 12-13-2018
McClendon, Robert Ohio Franklin 1991 2008 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 to Life 17 34 Black Male 2008 08-29-2011
McLaughlin, Bruce Virginia Loudoun 1998 2002 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 13 years 4 45 White Male 2002 09-27-2013
McSherry, Leonard California Los Angeles 1988 2001 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 48 years 13 37 White Male 2001 08-29-2011
Mersereau, Adam Wyoming Converse 2010 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 18 to 24 years 2 23 White Male 2012 05-27-2017
Michaels, Margaret Kelly New Jersey Essex 1988 1994 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 47 years 5 22 White Female 1993 02-21-2012
Mills, Randall Tennessee Marshall 2000 2014 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 years 11 43 White Male 2011 04-08-2014
Mitchell, Marvin Massachusetts Suffolk 1990 1997 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 9 to 25 years 7 21 Black Male 1997 08-29-2011
Molen, Michael Scott Idaho Boise 2007 2014 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 years 7 44 White Male 2014 09-22-2018
Nash, A. Jabir New Jersey Essex 2002 2013 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 22 years 10 39 Black Male 2012 04-23-2014
Neirynck, Brian Indiana St. Joseph 2003 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 years 8 33 White Male 2011 02-11-2015
Nicholson, Mallory Texas Dallas 1982 2022 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 55 years 21 35 Black Male 2003 06-08-2022
Noble, Michelle Texas El Paso 1986 1988 Child Sex Abuse Life 2 34 White Female 1988 01-31-2020
O'Loughlin, Kevin Massachusetts Middlesex 1983 2015 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 4 to 6 years 4 19 White Male 1986 12-29-2016
Oladapo, Ayodeji New Jersey Union 2004 2009 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 18 years 5 27 Black Male 2009 05-16-2018
Olsen, Roger Minnesota Houston 2006 2008 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 24 years 2 37 White Male 2008 03-08-2016
Oscar, Edward Missouri Jackson 1948 1953 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 99 years 5 60 Black Male 1953
Parker, Matthew Oklahoma Tulsa 1997 2015 Child Sex Abuse Life 17 26 White Male 2014 05-09-2016
Parks, Deron Washington Clark 2010 2019 Child Sex Abuse Life 7 41 Black Male 2018 06-19-2019
Pavel, Kenneth New York Onondaga 1989 2001 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 8 to 24 years 12 41 White Male 2001 08-29-2011
Perry, James Norman Michigan Oakland 2006 2008 Child Sex Abuse Not Sentenced 0 31 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
Phillips, Stacey Oregon Marion 1991 1995 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 3 years 1 29 White Male 1992 09-06-2018
Pickett, Daniel California Butte 2004 2004 Child Sex Abuse Not Sentenced 0 43 White Male 2004 09-03-2012
Pinchback, Johnny Texas Dallas 1984 2011 Child Sex Abuse Life 27 28 Black Male 2011 08-29-2011
Pohlschneider, Larry California Tehama 2001 2015 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 24 years 15 33 White Male 2015 10-13-2015
Quattrocchi, John III Rhode Island Providence 1994 2001 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 40 years 2 39 White Male 1996 08-02-2012
Rachell, Ricardo Texas Harris 2003 2011 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 40 years 6 45 Hispanic Male 2008 08-29-2011
Ramos, Alberto New York Bronx 1985 1994 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 8 1/3 to 25 years 7 21 Hispanic Male 1992 02-26-2012
Ramos, Jesse Texas Potter 1993 2000 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 24 Hispanic Male 1993 02-04-2015
Randolph, Guy Massachusetts Suffolk 1991 2008 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 years 10 33 Black Male 2001 03-30-2014
Reid, Gordon New Hampshire Hillsborough 1987 1988 Child Sex Abuse Not Sentenced 1 26 Don't Know Male 1988
Rodriguez, George Texas Harris 1987 2005 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 60 years 17 25 Hispanic Male 2004 08-29-2011
Ross, Vincent New Jersey Essex 1989 1992 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 years 2 21 Black Male 1991 04-08-2021
Rowan, Jeffrey Oklahoma Pittsburg 2009 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 35 years 3 26 White Male 2012 04-06-2014
Sanders, David Wisconsin Milwaukee 2006 2007 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 years 1 39 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
Scamardo, Joseph Anthony Jr. Arkansas Sebastian 2010 2013 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 12 years 3 35 White Male 2013 12-30-2013
Schoettle, Micah Kentucky Kenton 2018 2019 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 23 years 1 35 White Male 2019 04-06-2020
Seri, Michael Caesar Connecticut Fairfield 2001 2003 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 months to 5 years 1 42 White Male 2002 08-29-2011
Slade, Parrish North Carolina Moore 1989 2012 Child Sex Abuse Life 22 21 Black Male 2011 09-14-2015
Slota, Frederick South Dakota Brown 2014 2019 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 years 3 41 White Male 2017 02-19-2019
Smith, Nancy Ohio Lorain 1994 2022 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 to 90 years 15 35 White Female 2009 03-18-2022
Smith, Timothy Kentucky Kenton 2001 2006 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 years 5 35 White Male 2006 08-29-2011
Snowden, Harold Grant Florida Miami-Dade 1986 1998 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 50 to Life 12 37 White Male 1998 02-23-2012
Stevens, Clifford Oregon Lane 1990 1995 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 months 0 55 White Male 1991 02-24-2023
Strughold, James Missouri St. Louis 1997 1999 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 days 0 53 White Male 1997 09-22-2015
Swift, Rubin Pennsylvania Erie 2009 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 28 to 60 3/4 years 2 32 Black Male 2012 06-18-2012
Taffner, Chris Arkansas Washington 2016 2022 Child Sex Abuse Life 140 years 3 53 White Male 2019 05-13-2022
Terry, Antoine Missouri Cole 2008 2010 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 7 years 2 17 Black Male 2010 12-14-2015
Thomas, Donnell New York Suffolk 2007 2011 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 17 years 4 22 Black Male 2011 11-22-2013
Thompson, Troy Michigan Calhoun 2014 2017 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 4 to 15 years 2 40 White Male 2017 04-10-2017
Tomasik, Dennis Michigan Kent 2007 2017 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 12 to 50 years 8 34 White Male 2015 02-24-2017
Torres, Jesus New York Bronx 1986 1990 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 40 years 4 29 Hispanic Male 1990 02-26-2012
Towler, Raymond Ohio Cuyahoga 1981 2010 Child Sex Abuse Life 29 24 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Town, Meredith Washington Chelan 1994 2000 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 years 6 36 White Male 2000 02-18-2012
Trakhtenberg, Jacob Michigan Oakland 2006 2013 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 years 7 67 White Male 2012 10-15-2013
Tull, Tavon Maryland Wicomico 2019 2024 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 years 6 23 Black Male 2024 11-25-2024
Vargas, Alfredo Connecticut Fairfield 2002 2006 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 12 years 4 62 Hispanic Male 2006 07-11-2013
Vasquez, Mario Wisconsin Brown 1998 2015 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 years 17 34 Hispanic Male 2015 02-12-2015
Vaughan, James III Ohio Cuyahoga 2008 2009 Child Sex Abuse Life without parole 1 28 Black Male 2009 05-08-2015
Walden, Derrick Michigan Berrien 2015 2017 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 75 years 2 36 White Male 2017 01-25-2018
Waller, James Texas Dallas 1983 2007 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 years 10 25 Black Male 1993 08-29-2011
Washburn, Michael Massachusetts Bristol 2002 2003 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 4 years 0 20 White Male 2003 11-17-2017
Watford, Roy III Virginia Portsmouth City 1978 2018 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 18 Black Male 1978 03-08-2018
Wells, Keith Texas Johnson 1998 2018 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 4 years 3 17 Black Male 2001 08-07-2018
White, Theodore Jr. Missouri Jackson 1999 2005 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 50 years 6 35 White Male 2005 08-29-2011
Wiggins, David Lee Texas Tarrant 1989 2012 Child Sex Abuse Life 23 24 White Male 2012 11-06-2012
Willett, Jeffery Wisconsin Washington 2007 2010 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 years 3 29 White Male 2010 06-26-2012
Williams, Emmaline Illinois Cook 1986 1995 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 12 years 8 43 Black Female 1994 07-03-2014
Williams, Johnny Jr. California Alameda 2000 2013 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 16 years 13 23 Black Male 2013 03-08-2013
Willing, Rusty Illinois Adams 2016 2020 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 years 2 34 White Male 2018 06-23-2020
Willis, Calvin Louisiana Caddo 1982 2003 Child Sex Abuse Life without parole 22 21 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011
Wilson, Kathryn Dawn North Carolina Chowan 1993 1997 Child Sex Abuse Life 3 22 White Female 1995 08-29-2011
Wood, Danny Indiana Bartholomew 1987 1990 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 12 years 4 26 White Male 1990 06-16-2020
Woods, Anthony Missouri St. Louis City 1984 2005 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 years 18 20 Black Male 2002 08-29-2011
Wosu, Joy New York Erie 1993 2009 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 years 16 33 Black Female 2009 12-18-2013
Wright, Louis Michigan Calhoun 1988 2023 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 50 years 35 29 White Male 2023 12-06-2023
Yang, Justin Wisconsin Milwaukee 2004 2006 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 7 years 2 34 Asian Male 2006 08-09-2021
Youngblood, Larry Arizona Pima 1985 2000 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 years and 6 months 15 30 Black Male 2000 08-29-2011
Zawacki, Richard Indiana Huntington 2000 2001 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 4 years 1 38 White Male 2001 08-08-2017