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: 349
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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
Abdal, Warith Habib New York Erie 1983 1999 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 to Life 16 43 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Adams, Sandra New York Monroe 1998 1999 Menacing Not Sentenced 0 29 Black Female 1998 04-01-2013
Aguirre, Omar Illinois Cook 1999 2003 Murder Term of Years 55 years 4 28 Hispanic Male 2002 08-29-2011
Alejandro, Gilbert Texas Uvalde 1990 1994 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 years 4 35 Hispanic Male 1994 08-29-2011
Algarin, Albert New York Bronx 1985 1990 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 50 years 5 21 Hispanic Male 1990 02-26-2012
Allen, James Illinois Cook 1987 2021 Murder Life without parole 0 34 Black Male 1987 09-27-2021
Allen, Joseph Ohio Lorain 1994 2022 Child Sex Abuse Life 23 39 Black Male 2017 03-18-2022
Anderson, David Pennsylvania Venango 2001 2011 Sexual Assault Term of Years 5 to 15 years 0 34 White Male 2001 11-24-2014
Andrews, James Illinois Cook 1985 2008 Murder Life 23 21 Black Male 2007 12-21-2012
Armstrong, Ralph Wisconsin Dane 1981 2009 Murder Life 28 27 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Atlas, Gerald California Los Angeles 1990 1998 Attempted Murder Term of Years 28 to life 1 25 Black Male 1990 10-06-2012
August, Adrienne Texas Waller 2018 2019 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 20 years 2 23 Black Male 2019 11-20-2019
Austin, Darryl New York Kings 1988 2014 Murder Term of Years 18 to life 12 22 Black Male 2000 05-07-2014
Austin, Kirkdrick Texas Waller 2018 2021 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 4 years 1 23 Black Male 2019 04-04-2021
Ayers, David Ohio Cuyahoga 2000 2011 Murder Life without parole 11 42 Black Male 2011 02-21-2012
Baker, Patrick Sr. Ohio Sandusky 2015 2017 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 5 years 1 40 White Male 2016 05-20-2020
Ballard, Frances Tennessee Shelby 1987 1993 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 5 years 0 54 White Female 1988 03-21-2013
Bankhead, Antoine Missouri St. Louis City 2002 2006 Murder Life 4 18 Black Male 2006 12-06-2017
Banks, Gregory Illinois Cook 1985 1990 Murder Term of Years 50 years 5 20 Black Male 1990 07-11-2019
Bargery, Joshua Tennessee Lake 2015 2022 Murder Life without parole 7 20 White Male 2022 02-01-2023
Barnes, Larita Fed-OK (Northern) 2008 2009 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 10 years 1 White Female 2009 03-18-2022
Barnes, Larry Fed-OK (Northern) 2008 2009 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 5 years and 6 months 1 56 White Male 2009 03-18-2022
Bates, David Illinois Cook 1985 1995 Murder Term of Years 20 years 9 18 Black Male 1994 01-30-2015
Bauer, Chester Montana Silver Bow 1983 1997 Sexual Assault Term of Years 30 years 14 26 White Male 1997 08-29-2011
Beauchamp, Franklin New York Bronx 1986 1989 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 75 years 3 27 Hispanic Male 1989 02-26-2012
Bell, George New York Queens 1999 2021 Murder Life without parole 22 19 Black Male 2021 06-13-2021
Benitez, Ricardo New York Queens 2010 2015 Robbery Term of Years 22 to life 4 54 Hispanic Male 2015 04-12-2017
Bharadia, Sandeep Georgia Chatham 2003 2025 Sexual Assault Life without parole 21 27 Asian Male 2024 05-30-2025
Bivens, Phillip Mississippi Forrest 1980 2010 Murder Life 30 28 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Bolden, Eddie Illinois Cook 1996 2016 Murder Life without parole 19 24 Black Male 2016 04-22-2016
Bolt, Rohan New York Queens 2000 2021 Murder Term of Years 50 to Life 21 35 Black Male 2021 06-13-2021
Boone, Otis New York Kings 2012 2019 Robbery Term of Years 25 years 6 19 Black Male 2018 03-24-2019
Bowman, James Missouri Jackson 1986 2001 Murder Life 15 18 Black Male 2001 09-05-2014
Bowman, Kevin Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1990 2023 Murder Life 33 23 Black Male 2023 05-16-2023
Braseel, Adam Tennessee Grundy 2007 2021 Murder Life 11 22 White Male 2018 12-13-2021
Bridges, Timothy North Carolina Mecklenburg 1991 2016 Sexual Assault Life 25 22 White Male 2015 03-07-2016
Briscoe, Johnny Missouri St. Louis 1983 2006 Sexual Assault Term of Years 45 years 23 28 Black Male 2006 08-29-2011
Broadwater, Anthony New York Onondaga 1982 2021 Sexual Assault Term of Years 8 1/3 to 25 years 17 20 Black Male 1998 12-08-2021
Brookins, Freddie Jr. Texas Swisher 2000 2003 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 20 years 3 22 Black Male 2003 05-26-2022
Brown, Debra Utah Cache 1995 2013 Murder Life 16 35 White Female 2011 07-12-2013
Brown, Leon North Carolina Robeson 1984 2014 Murder Death 30 15 Black Male 2014 09-02-2014
Brown, Rodney Maryland Baltimore City 2006 2021 Assault Term of Years 45 years 11 24 Black Male 2017 12-08-2022
Brown, Timothy Florida Broward 1993 2003 Murder Life 9 14 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011
Buchli, Richard II Missouri Jackson 2002 2012 Murder Life without parole 5 50 White Male 2008 08-16-2013
Buckley, Gyronne Arkansas Clark 1999 2010 Drug Possession or Sale Life 11 44 Black Male 2010 01-15-2012
Bullock, Kenneth Michigan Wayne 2012 2025 Robbery Term of Years 32 to 72 years 13 30 Black Male 2025 06-03-2025
Burnside, Brandon Wisconsin Milwaukee 2011 2015 Murder Life 5 27 Black Male 2015 09-28-2015
Butler, Dennis District of Columbia 1971 2020 Murder Term of Years 20 to life 21 19 Black Male 1992 08-14-2020
Cabanillas, Gerardo California Los Angeles 1995 2023 Sexual Assault Term of Years 87 to life 28 18 Hispanic Male 2023 10-02-2023
Caine, Eric Illinois Cook 1989 2011 Murder Life 22 20 Black Male 2011 08-31-2011
Campbell, William Ohio Hamilton 2009 2020 Manslaughter Term of Years 28 years 10 38 White Male 2020 11-09-2020
Carmon, Adam Connecticut New Haven 1995 2023 Murder Term of Years 85 years 28 21 Black Male 2022 07-12-2023
Carmon, Darron North Carolina Pitt 1994 2022 Robbery Term of Years 14 to 40 years 8 19 Black Male 2001 09-19-2022
Carter, Raymond Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1988 1996 Murder Life 9 40 Black Male 1996 08-29-2011
Carter, William Douglas Virginia Loudoun 1988 1992 Assault Term of Years 14 years 4 55 White Male 1992 03-11-2013
Cash, Jacob Florida Hillsborough 1998 2008 Murder Term of Years 50 years 10 23 White Male 2008 08-29-2011
Celestino, Juan Ohio Sandusky 1991 1995 Child Sex Abuse Life 2 41 Hispanic Male 1993 03-11-2013
Chapman, Vernon Louisiana St. Tammany 1980 1994 Sexual Assault Life 14 23 Black Male 1994 08-29-2011
Charriez, Louis New York Kings 1997 2023 Murder Term of Years 25 to Life 23 33 Hispanic Male 2021 03-13-2023
Chinnici, John Fed-VT 2018 2020 Robbery Not Sentenced 1 30 White Male 2020 08-12-2024
Choy, Frances Massachusetts Plymouth 2011 2020 Murder Life without parole 9 17 Asian Female 2020 10-11-2020
Clark, Robert Georgia Cobb 1982 2005 Sexual Assault Life 24 20 Black Male 2005 08-29-2011
Cobb, Travis Texas Bexar 2019 2025 Robbery Term of Years 25 years 4 39 Caucasian Male 2022 05-15-2025
Colon, Edgardo Illinois Cook 2017 2023 Murder Term of Years 84 years 5 34 Hispanic Male 2022 07-19-2023
Coones, Olin Kansas Wyandotte 2009 2020 Murder Term of Years 50 to life 12 50 White Male 2020 12-07-2020
Cornish, Ronald Maryland Baltimore City 2016 2024 Murder Life without parole 0 26 Black Male 2016 07-01-2024
Coulston, Troy Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1992 2021 Murder Life without parole 7 20 Black Male 1999 12-17-2021
Council, Gregory Florida Duval 2011 2015 Child Abuse Term of Years 30 years 4 28 Black Male 2015 09-21-2022
Cox, Jeffrey Virginia Richmond City 1991 2001 Murder Life 11 22 White Male 2001 08-29-2011
Credell, Cory South Carolina Orangeburg 2001 2012 Murder Life 11 27 Black Male 2011 08-30-2012
Cruz, Jose Illinois Cook 1996 2022 Murder Term of Years 90 years 26 24 Hispanic Male 2022 07-18-2022
Cure, Leonard Florida Broward 2004 2020 Robbery Life 16 33 Black Male 2020 01-04-2021
Daniels, Elmer Delaware New Castle 1980 2018 Child Sex Abuse Life 39 18 Black Male 2018 12-17-2018
Davis, Faheem Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2014 2023 Murder Life without parole 9 22 Black Male 2023 11-15-2023
Davis, Jerry Louisiana Orleans 1984 2024 Murder Life without parole 40 24 Black Male 2023 04-21-2024
Davis, Ricky California El Dorado 2005 2020 Murder Term of Years 16 to life 14 20 White Male 2020 03-05-2020
Day, Arnold Illinois Cook 1994 2018 Murder Term of Years 60 years 24 18 Black Male 2018 12-20-2018
Deering, Juwan Michigan Oakland 2006 2021 Murder Life without parole 15 29 Black Male 2021 10-15-2021
DeSimone, David Iowa Clinton 2005 2012 Sexual Assault Term of Years 15 years 7 45 White Male 2012 12-30-2013
Dewitt, Steven District of Columbia 1992 2006 Murder Term of Years 15 to Life 13 20 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Diamond, G. Lowell Virginia Prince William 1977 2013 Sexual Assault Term of Years 15 years 5 24 White Male 1982 03-15-2013
Diaz, Angel Illinois Cook 1996 2023 Murder Term of Years 44 years 14 21 Hispanic Male 2010 08-15-2024
Dixon, Bobby Ray Mississippi Forrest 1980 2010 Murder Life 30 22 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Dixon, Donald Missouri Jackson 1985 2001 Murder Life 16 18 Black Male 2001 09-05-2014
Dixon, Rafiq Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2012 2022 Murder Life 10 29 Black Male 2022 04-27-2022
Domond, Gerard New York Kings 1989 2020 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 27 24 Black Male 2016 11-05-2020
Doswell, Thomas Pennsylvania Allegheny 1986 2005 Sexual Assault Term of Years 13 to 26 years 19 24 Black Male 2005 08-29-2011
Dove, Gayle Texas El Paso 1986 1990 Child Sex Abuse Life 2 41 White Female 1989 07-15-2012
Dukes, Carl New York Albany 1998 2016 Murder Term of Years 39 to life 18 19 Black Male 2016 07-12-2016
Dumbrique, Edward California Los Angeles 1998 2021 Murder Term of Years 29 to Life 22 15 Hispanic Male 2021 04-06-2021
Ellerbe, Vincent New York Kings 1996 2022 Murder Term of Years 25 to Life 24 17 Black Male 2020 08-10-2022
Ellis, Christopher New York Nassau 1992 2025 Murder Term of Years 31 years and six months to life 29 20 Black Male 2021 04-22-2025
Engel, Gary Missouri Clay 1991 2010 Kidnapping Term of Years 90 years 19 33 White Male 2010 08-29-2011
Escamilla, Nicholas Illinois Cook 1994 2023 Murder Term of Years 29 years 14 20 Hispanic Male 2008 11-14-2023
Evans, Jerry Lee Texas Dallas 1987 2009 Sexual Assault Life 22 24 Black Male 2009 08-29-2011
Fahra, Idris Fed-TN (Middle) 2012 2016 Other Violent Felony Not Sentenced 4 21 Black Male 2016 03-18-2016
Fain, Charles Idaho Canyon 1983 2001 Murder Death 18 33 White Male 2001 08-29-2011
Faircloth, Billy Texas Travis 2012 2023 Assault Term of Years 60 years 11 44 White Male 2022 05-04-2023
Fappiano, Scott New York Kings 1985 2006 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 5/6 years to 50 years 21 21 White Male 2006 08-29-2011
Fauntleroy, David Illinois Cook 1986 2009 Murder Life 22 22 Black Male 2009 12-21-2012