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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrego, Eruby | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 18 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 |
| Allen, James | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1987 | 09-27-2021 | ||
| Almendarez, Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Andersen, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 25 | 19 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-15-2015 | |
| Bailey, Kevin | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2018 | 02-03-2018 | |
| Baker, Ben | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 18 years | 10 | 32 | Black | Male | 2016 | 01-19-2016 | |
| Banks, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 5 | 20 | Black | Male | 1990 | 07-11-2019 | |
| Bates, David | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 18 | Black | Male | 1994 | 01-30-2015 | |
| Benitez, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 10-05-2023 | ||
| Brown, Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 37 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2017 | 11-26-2017 | |
| Cain, Jeremiah | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 21 | 23 | White | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 |
| Castillo, Miguel | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 48 years | 9 | 35 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Coleman, Nevest | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 25 | Black | Male | 2017 | 12-04-2017 | ||
| Cruz, Rolando | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Day, Arnold | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2018 | 12-20-2018 | |
| DeLeon-Reyes, Arturo | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 01-03-2018 | ||
| Drew, Frank | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 23 | 16 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2022 | 04-10-2024 |
| Edwards, James | Illinois | Lake | 1996 | 2012 | Murder | Life without parole | 1 | 44 | Black | Male | 1997 | 06-10-2012 | ||
| Escamilla, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 29 years | 14 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2008 | 11-14-2023 | |
| Fulton, Darryl | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 26 | Black | Male | 2017 | 12-04-2017 | ||
| Fulton, John | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 18 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Galvan, John | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 33 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Gardner, Lewis | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Gauger, Gary | Illinois | McHenry | 1993 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 3 | 41 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Gecht, David | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 18 | White | Male | 2011 | 2022 | 08-04-2022 |
| Gibson, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 23 | Black | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 05-04-2019 | |
| Gillespie, Jerry | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 20 | 18 | Black | Male | 2014 | 04-18-2024 | |
| Gomez, Ariel | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 19 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 02-20-2018 | |
| Harris, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 31 | 34 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2023 | 04-08-2023 |
| Henderson, Reginald | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-12-2021 | |
| Hernandez, Alejandro | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Hester, Lee Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1961 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 11 | 14 | Black | Male | 1972 | 01-23-2020 | |
| Hobley, Madison | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 12 | 26 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Jackson, Jeremy | Illinois | Cook | 2002 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 20 | 16 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2022 | 07-26-2022 |
| Jakes, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 19 | 15 | Black | Male | 2012 | 05-16-2018 | |
| Jones, Melvin | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 1989 | Murder | Life without parole | 6 | 30 | Black | Male | 1989 | 05-18-2013 | ||
| Kelly, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2024 | 02-05-2024 |
| Kwil, Richard | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 23 | 19 | Native American | Male | 2011 | 2023 | 04-24-2023 |
| Lewis, Jamar | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 4 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 11-28-2018 | |
| Marshall, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 28 | 32 | Black | Male | 2019 | 08-28-2024 | |
| Martinez, John | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2023 | 03-03-2023 |
| Maxson, Mark | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 31 | Black | Male | 2016 | 10-02-2016 | ||
| Maysonet, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 22 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 2017 | 11-20-2017 | |
| Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 35 | 22 | White | Male | 2024 | 01-02-2025 | ||
| Mitchell, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Mitchell, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 15 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2008 | 06-11-2017 |
| Mulero, Marilyn | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Death | 27 | 21 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2020 | 08-22-2022 | |
| Ochoa, Daniel Alberto | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 15 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 12-17-2021 | |
| Ollins, Calvin | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Patrick, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 20 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2014 | 01-10-2014 | |
| Phillips, Paul | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 12 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Pittman, Marcellous | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 15 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-26-2022 | |
| Prince, Patrick | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 23 | 19 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2017 | 05-27-2017 |
| Reed, Carl | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 years | 14 | 41 | Black | Male | 2020 | 06-15-2023 | |
| Reed, Gerald | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 26 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-03-2024 | ||
| Reyna, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 13 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 2007 | 11-14-2023 |
| Rios, Jaime | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 36 years | 17 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2020 | 2008 | 09-06-2022 |
| Rodriguez, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 15 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2008 | 05-10-2022 | |
| Safforld, Victor | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2010 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 13 | 19 | Black | Male | 2005 | 02-11-2020 | |
| Santiago, Fabian | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 25 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 10-22-2023 | |
| Smith, Alonzo | Illinois | Cook | 1984 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 18 | 35 | Black | Male | 2002 | 03-21-2017 | |
| Smith, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 30 | 38 | Black | Male | 2020 | 11-05-2020 | ||
| Solache, Gabriel | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2017 | Murder | Death | 18 | 23 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 01-03-2018 | ||
| Taylor, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2013 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2013 | 06-28-2013 | |
| Tinajero, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 22 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2024 | 02-05-2024 |
| Tyler, Sean | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 58 years | 23 | 17 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2019 | 10-12-2021 |
| 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, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 23 | Black | Male | 2020 | 08-26-2020 | ||
| Walker, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Weston, Demond | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 28 | 17 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2019 | 01-09-2020 |
| Whirl, Shawn | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 20 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-22-2015 | |
| Williams, Bernard | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 21 | 17 | Black | Male | 2005 | 2019 | 10-02-2023 |
| Williams, Cordell | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-20-2022 | ||
| Williams, Herman | Illinois | Lake | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | White | Male | 2022 | 09-26-2022 | ||
| Wilson, Jackie | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 35 | 21 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2018 | 10-16-2020 | |
| Wrice, Stanley | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Life | 31 | 28 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2013 | 12-12-2013 | |
| Wright, David | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2022 | 04-20-2023 |