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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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| Hernandez, Juan | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 86 years | 21 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 2022 | 08-15-2022 |
| Hernandez, Rosendo | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 23 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 2022 | 08-15-2022 |
| Herrington, Jerry | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2025 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 28 | 16 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2020 | 05-06-2025 |
| Herron, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 33 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-02-2021 | |
| Hicks, Kenneth | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 1 | 38 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-06-2018 | |
| Hill, Dwayne | Illinois | Cook | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 6 | 33 | Black | Male | 2018 | 05-30-2023 | |
| Hinton, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 31 | Black | Male | 2009 | 05-06-2022 | |
| Hinton, Roy | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 29 | Black | Male | 2009 | 05-06-2022 | |
| Hogans, Terrance | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 20 | Black | Male | 2006 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Holland, Dana | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2003 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 28 years | 8 | 25 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 |
| Holmes, David | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2009 | 01-19-2021 | |
| Holmes, Dwayne | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 05-06-2022 | |
| Horton, John | Illinois | Winnebago | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 22 | 17 | Black | Male | 1998 | 2017 | 10-09-2017 | |
| Houston, Elton | Illinois | Cook | 1984 | 1989 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 5 | 27 | Black | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Howard, Darnell | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-06-2021 | |
| Howard, Stanley | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 16 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Howell, Everett | Illinois | Adams | 1928 | 1930 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 year to life | 2 | White | Male | 1930 | |||
| Hunt, Brian | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-05-2018 | ||
| Iglesias, Geraldo | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 16 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2018 | 2010 | 01-30-2019 |
| Irving, Melvin | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2006 | 10-04-2022 | |
| Ivory, Torrence | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 25 | Black | Male | 2007 | 05-17-2022 | |
| Jackson, Allen | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2006 | 11-28-2018 |
| Jackson, Donta | Illinois | Kankakee | 2007 | 2024 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 32 years | 17 | 26 | Black | Male | 2024 | 05-05-2025 | |
| Jackson, Ieliot | Illinois | Cook | 2010 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 13 years | 8 | 26 | Black | Male | 2018 | 10-10-2019 | |
| James, Shaun | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 2005 | 12-07-2018 | |
| James, Shaun | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 1 | 27 | Black | Male | 2010 | 01-19-2021 | |
| Janke, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 2015 | 2023 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 7 | 22 | White | Male | 2013 | 2022 | 07-18-2023 |
| Jefferson, Goleather | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 6 months | 1 | 45 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Jefferson, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 24 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-06-2018 | |
| Jimenez, Thaddeus | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 15 | 13 | Hispanic | Male | 2006 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 |
| Johnson, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 47 years | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2014 | 02-27-2015 |
| Johnson, Chad | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 9 | 28 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-29-2019 | |
| Johnson, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 19 | Black | Male | 2016 | 03-01-2017 | ||
| Johnson, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 14 | Black | Male | 2005 | 09-19-2023 | ||
| Johnson, Demetrius | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2004 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Johnson, Donald | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 41 | Black | Male | 2005 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Johnson, Juan | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2004 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 11 | 19 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Johnson, Lumont | Illinois | Winnebago | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 10 | 29 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-24-2015 |
| Johnson, Richard | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 36 years | 3 | 31 | Black | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Johnson, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2025 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 28 | 16 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2025 | 04-26-2025 |
| Johnson, Sherman | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-06-2022 | |
| Johnson, Trinere | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Female | 2008 | 03-02-2021 | ||
| Johnson, Zarice | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 1 | 18 | Black | Male | 2009 | 02-26-2019 | |
| Jones, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 27 | Black | Male | 2010 | 10-11-2022 | |
| Jones, Isiah | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 18 months | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2004 | 12-11-2023 | |
| Jones, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 2015 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 44 | Black | Male | 2016 | 05-23-2023 | |
| Jordan, Elgin | Illinois | Cook | 2016 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 3 | 46 | Black | Male | 2018 | 05-24-2023 | |
| Jordan, Sam | Illinois | Cook | 2013 | 2019 | Theft | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 57 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-26-2019 | |
| Kayer, Brian | Illinois | Livingston | 2011 | 2015 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 3 years | 2 | 34 | Asian | Male | 2013 | 10-15-2017 | |
| Kelly, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2024 | 02-05-2024 |
| Key, George | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 41 | Black | Male | 2004 | 05-10-2022 | ||
| King, Joshua | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 4 months | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2007 | 10-04-2022 | |
| Kitchen, Ronald | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 19 | 22 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Kitterman, Shane | Illinois | St. Clair | 2013 | 2018 | Sex Offender Registration | Probation | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 2013 | 03-18-2019 | ||
| Kittler, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 3 | 15 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Kruger, David | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 21 | Black | Male | DK | 2001 | 12-02-2024 |
| Lane, Lionel | Illinois | Kane | 1995 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 0 | 33 | Black | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Leaks, Marie | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 44 | Black | Female | 2009 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Lenoir, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2022 | Theft | Term of Years | 8 years and 6 months | 3 | 55 | Black | Male | 2021 | 12-12-2022 | |
| Lettrich, George | Illinois | Cook | 1951 | 1953 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | White | Male | 1953 | |||
| Lewis, Derrick | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years and 6 months | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-22-2019 | |
| Lewis, Earl | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2005 | 04-27-2022 | |
| Lewis, Jamar | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 4 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 11-28-2018 | |
| Lewis, Sherman | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 2006 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Lindsey, Lloyd | Illinois | Cook | 1975 | 1979 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 to 80 years | 4 | 17 | Black | Male | 1979 | ||
| Lindsey, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 2010 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 30 | Black | Male | 2010 | 02-22-2019 | |
| Lipscomb, Russ | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 40 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Lockett, Jesse | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2005 | 01-19-2021 | ||
| Logan, Alton | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 26 | 28 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Lomax, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 45 | Black | Male | 2003 | 12-09-2018 | ||
| Long, James | Illinois | Cook | 1934 | 1934 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 to Life | 0 | 22 | White | Male | 1934 | ||
| Lucas, Jesse | Illinois | Wabash | 1909 | 1941 | Murder | Life | 22 | 23 | White | Male | 1931 | |||
| Lucas, Margaret | Illinois | Wabash | 1909 | 1941 | Murder | Life | 0 | White | Female | 1909 | ||||
| Lyons, Marcus | Illinois | DuPage | 1988 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 6 years | 2 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Madison, Lonnell | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Majczek, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1946 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 24 | White | Male | 1945 | ||
| Mapp, Derrick | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 01-19-2021 | |
| Marcinkiewicz, Theodore | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1950 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 16 | 25 | White | Male | 1950 | ||
| Martin, Darnell | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-14-2022 | ||
| Martin, Willie | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 6 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Martinez, John | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2023 | 03-03-2023 |
| Masterson, Kerry | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 58 years | 6 | 23 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 11-10-2017 | |
| Maxson, Mark | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 31 | Black | Male | 2016 | 10-02-2016 | ||
| Mayberry, David | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 35 | Black | Male | 2006 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years and 6 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-26-2020 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-13-2022 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-10-2022 | |
| Maysonet, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 22 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 2017 | 11-20-2017 | |
| McCarty, Desmond | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-07-2024 | |
| McCaughn, Patrick | Illinois | Lake | 1996 | 1999 | Robbery | Term of Years | 12 years | 3 | 25 | White | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McClendon, Sean | Illinois | Cook | 2016 | 2024 | Gun Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 6 | 26 | Black | Male | 2022 | 06-03-2025 | |
| McCoy, Troshawn | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 18 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 03-01-2017 | |
| McCullough, Jack | Illinois | DeKalb | 2012 | 2016 | Murder | Life | 4 | 18 | White | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 05-02-2016 | |
| McDaniels, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2018 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 12 years | 7 | 40 | Black | Male | 2018 | 11-28-2018 | |
| McDonald, Octayvia | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Female | 2005 | 12-09-2018 | ||
| McDonald, Wilbur | Illinois | Cook | 1971 | 1973 | Murder | Term of Years | 100 to 150 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1973 | ||
| McIntosh, Norman | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 13 | 23 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 10-26-2016 |
| McNairy, Andre | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 9 years | 6 | 44 | Black | Male | 2015 | 11-28-2018 | |
| Mendoza, Madeline | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 16 | 16 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2009 | 01-10-2023 |
| Metegrano, Pat | Illinois | Cook | 1942 | 1942 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 to 5 years | 0 | 25 | White | Male | 1942 |