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: 503
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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
Saunders, Omar Illinois Cook 1988 2001 Murder Life without parole 14 18 Black Male 2001 2001 08-29-2011
Schweitzer, Albert Ian Hawaii Hawaii 2000 2023 Murder Life 23 20 Other Male 2023 02-15-2023
Scrimo, Paul New York Nassau 2002 2023 Murder Term of Years 25 to Life 18 42 White Male 2020 10-20-2023
Shea, Joseph Francis Florida Miami-Dade 1959 1966 Murder Life 6 26 White Male 1966
Siehl, Kevin Pennsylvania Cambria 1992 2016 Murder Life without parole 24 35 White Male 2016 10-29-2016
Siggers, Darrell Michigan Wayne 1984 2018 Murder Life without parole 34 20 Black Male 1987 2018 10-23-2018
Siller, Thomas Ohio Cuyahoga 1998 2011 Murder Term of Years 30 to life 13 41 White Male 2011 10-04-2013
Sims, Jerry Jr. Ohio Cuyahoga 2019 2025 Murder Term of Years 40 years and six months to life 5 29 Black Male 2024 2025 05-20-2025
Skakel, Michael Connecticut Fairfield 2002 2020 Murder Term of Years 20 to Life 11 15 White Male 2013 11-25-2020
Sledge, Joseph North Carolina Bladen 1978 2015 Murder Life 36 34 Black Male 2013 2015 01-23-2015
Smith, Jay C. Pennsylvania Dauphin 1986 1992 Murder Death 6 50 White Male 1992 08-29-2011
Smith, John Edward California Los Angeles 1994 2012 Murder Life 18 18 Black Male 2009 2012 09-24-2012
Smith, Joseph New York Oneida 2002 2002 Murder Not Sentenced 0 32 White Male 2002 11-07-2012
Smith, Larry Jr. Michigan Wayne 1994 2021 Murder Life without parole 26 18 Black Male 2003 2021 03-03-2021
Smith, Michael California Los Angeles 1994 2009 Murder Life without parole 16 32 Black Male 2008 2009 07-29-2012
Smith, Robert Illinois Cook 1990 2020 Murder Life without parole 30 38 Black Male 2020 11-05-2020
Smith, William New Mexico Bernalillo 1978 1996 Murder Life 18 24 White Male 1983 1996 12-04-2012
Sommer, Cynthia California San Diego 2007 2008 Murder Life 1 28 White Female 2008 08-29-2011
Sopron, Matthew Illinois Cook 1998 2018 Murder Life without parole 21 22 White Male 2000 2018 12-31-2018
Sousa, Joseph District of Columbia 1975 2005 Murder Term of Years 20 to Life 20 26 White Male 1995 08-29-2011
Souter, Larry Pat Michigan Newaygo 1992 2005 Murder Term of Years 20 to 60 years 13 26 White Male 1999 2005 08-29-2011
Stallings, Patricia Missouri Jefferson 1991 1991 Murder Life 0 24 White Female 1991 08-29-2011
Staten, Harold Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1986 2024 Murder Life without parole 37 31 Black Male 1991 2024 02-14-2024
Stevens, Emerson Virginia Lancaster 1986 2021 Murder Life 31 32 White Male 2016 2017 09-20-2021
Stewart, Edward Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2007 2015 Murder Life 8 26 Black Male 2015 05-05-2016
Stewart, Zackary Lee Missouri Greene 2008 2010 Murder Life without parole 3 18 White Male 2010 08-29-2011
Stielow, Charles New York Orleans 1915 1918 Murder Death 3 36 White Male 1918
Stinson, Robert Lee Wisconsin Milwaukee 1985 2009 Murder Life 23 20 Black Male 2009 08-29-2011
Strickland, Kevin Missouri Jackson 1979 2021 Murder Life 43 18 Black Male 1979 2021 12-06-2021
Strong, Jason Illinois Lake 2000 2015 Murder Term of Years 46 years 15 24 White Male 2010 2015 05-30-2015
Sullivan, Michael Massachusetts Middlesex 1987 2019 Murder Life without parole 26 25 White Male 2013 03-07-2019
Swinton, Alfred Connecticut Hartford 2001 2018 Murder Term of Years 60 years 16 42 Black Male 2016 2017 03-07-2018
Tall Bear, Johnny Oklahoma Oklahoma 1992 2018 Murder Life without parole 26 34 Native American Male 2018 06-14-2018
Tanner, Hattie Michigan Calhoun 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 17 35 Black Female 2017 04-03-2018
Taylor, Ada JoAnn Nebraska Gage 1989 2009 Murder Term of Years 40 years 19 21 White Female 2008 2008 08-29-2011
Taylor, Gregory North Carolina Wake 1993 2010 Murder Life 17 29 White Male 1998 2010 08-29-2011
Thibodeaux, Damon Louisiana Jefferson 1997 2012 Murder Death 15 21 White Male 2012 09-28-2012
Thomas, Adrian New York Rensselaer 2009 2014 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 5 26 Black Male 2014 06-21-2014
Thomas, Marvin West Virginia Wood 1987 1993 Murder Life 6 20 White Male 1993 04-10-2013
Tillman, Michael Illinois Cook 1986 2010 Murder Life 23 20 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Titus, Jeff Michigan Kalamazoo 2002 2023 Murder Life without parole 21 38 White Male 2020 2023 06-30-2023
Tomaino, John New York Niagara 1996 1999 Murder Term of Years 20 to life 1 41 White Male 1998 05-12-2013
Torres, Alexander California Los Angeles 2001 2021 Murder Term of Years 40 to Life 20 20 Hispanic Male 2021 06-21-2022
Tribble, Santae District of Columbia 1980 2012 Murder Term of Years 20 to Life 23 17 Black Male 2003 07-03-2012
Truman, Conrad Utah Utah 2014 2017 Murder Term of Years 16 to life 2 30 White Male 2015 2017 03-18-2017
Turner, Kenneth California Sacramento 1995 1995 Murder Not Sentenced 0 30 White Male 1995 12-08-2014
Tyler, Sean Illinois Cook 1995 2021 Murder Term of Years 58 years 23 17 Black Male 2008 2019 10-12-2021
Vann, Gussie Tennessee McMinn 1994 2011 Murder Death 0 40 White Male 1994 03-13-2012
Vasquez, David Virginia Arlington 1985 1989 Murder Term of Years 35 years 4 37 Hispanic Male 1989 08-29-2011
Vasquez, Ismael Ohio Lucas 1994 2025 Murder Term of Years 15 to life 31 16 Hispanic Male 2016 2024 01-14-2025
Vasquez, Lorenzo Ohio Lucas 1994 2025 Murder Term of Years 15 to life 21 17 Hispanic Male 2016 2015 01-14-2025
Vasquez, William New York Kings 1981 2015 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 31 34 Black Male 2014 2012 12-18-2015
Velasquez, Ronald Jr. California Los Angeles 2001 2024 Murder Term of Years 50 to Life 22 18 Hispanic Male 2024 03-27-2024
Vent, Eugene Alaska Fairbanks 1999 2015 Murder Term of Years 38 years 16 17 Native American Male 2000 2015 12-24-2015
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
Villalobos, Amaury New York Kings 1981 2015 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 31 30 Hispanic Male 2014 2012 12-18-2015
Villegas, Daniel Texas El Paso 1995 2018 Murder Life 18 16 Hispanic Male 2014 10-15-2018
Virgil, William Kentucky Campbell 1988 2017 Murder Term of Years 70 years 27 35 Black Male 2016 2015 01-26-2017
Voss, Krystal Colorado Alamosa 2004 2017 Murder Term of Years 20 years 9 28 White Female 2013 09-20-2017
Wallace, Robert Georgia Baldwin 1980 1987 Murder Death 7 29 Black Male 1987
Walpole, Merla California San Bernadino 1975 1975 Murder Not Sentenced 0 26 Hispanic Female 1975
Ware, Melonie Georgia DeKalb 2005 2009 Murder Life 1 30 Black Female 2006 10-11-2011
Warney, Douglas New York Monroe 1997 2006 Murder Term of Years 25 to Life 9 34 White Male 2006 08-29-2011
Washington, Calvin E. Texas McLennan 1987 2001 Murder Life 14 30 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Washington, Sean New Jersey Camden 1996 2020 Murder Term of Years 60 to life 24 23 Black Male 1996 2020 02-28-2020
Washington, Wayne Illinois Cook 1996 2015 Murder Term of Years 25 years 11 20 Black Male 2008 2007 02-12-2015
Waters, Kenneth Massachusetts Middlesex 1983 2001 Murder Life 18 25 White Male 1983 2001 08-29-2011
Watkins, Jerry Indiana Hancock 1986 2000 Murder Term of Years 60 years 14 26 White Male 1993 2000 08-29-2011
Watkins, Joseph Georgia Floyd 2001 2023 Murder Life 22 19 White Male 2003 2023 10-17-2023
Watkins, Joyce Tennessee Davidson 1988 2022 Murder Life 27 39 Black Female 2015 01-24-2022
Watkins, Ledura Michigan Wayne 1976 2017 Murder Life without parole 41 19 Black Male 1980 2017 06-29-2017
Watson, James Massachusetts Suffolk 1981 2020 Murder Life without parole 39 20 Black Male 2001 2020 11-25-2020
Weathington, Jennifer Georgia Paulding 2013 2019 Murder Life 1 19 White Female 2019 2014 05-12-2019
Weaver, Mary Iowa Marshall 1994 1997 Murder Life without parole 2 41 White Female 1996 07-29-2012
Webb, Kenneth Michigan Washtenaw 1987 2022 Murder Life without parole 35 30 White Male 2022 11-14-2022
Weimer, Crystal Pennsylvania Fayette 2006 2016 Murder Term of Years 15 to 30 years 9 23 White Female 2015 2015 06-29-2016
Weiner, Murray California San Diego 1994 1996 Murder Not Sentenced 2 65 White Male 1996 03-16-2013
Wheatt, Derrick Ohio Cuyahoga 1996 2016 Murder Term of Years 18 to life 19 17 Black Male 2004 2015 08-17-2016
White, George Alabama Coffee 1987 1992 Murder Life 2 36 White Male 1989 08-29-2011
White, Joseph Nebraska Gage 1989 2008 Murder Life 19 22 White Male 2008 2008 08-29-2011
Whitley, Drew Pennsylvania Allegheny 1989 2006 Murder Life 17 32 Black Male 2006 08-29-2011
Wilhoit, Gregory Oklahoma Osage 1987 1993 Murder Death 6 30 White Male 1993 08-29-2011
Williams, Christopher Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1993 2019 Murder Death 0 29 Black Male 2011 1993 02-03-2020
Williams, Dennis Illinois Cook 1978 1996 Murder Death 18 21 Black Male 1994 1996 08-29-2011
Williams, Duane Michigan Wayne 2013 2024 Murder Life without parole 11 42 Black Male 2024 11-01-2024
Williams, Herman Illinois Lake 1994 2022 Murder Life without parole 29 29 White Male 2022 09-26-2022
Williams, James Georgia Chatham 1982 1989 Murder Life 3 50 White Male 1985 06-22-2013
Williams, Joe Sidney Jr. Texas McLennan 1987 1993 Murder Life 6 19 Black Male 1993 08-29-2011
Williamson, Ronald Keith Oklahoma Pontotoc 1988 1999 Murder Death 11 29 White Male 1999 1999 08-29-2011
Willis, Ernest Ray Texas Pecos 1987 2004 Murder Death 17 39 White Male 2004 08-29-2011
Willis, Patrick California Alameda 2013 2021 Murder Life without parole 8 28 Black Male 2021 06-18-2021
Wilson, Sharrif New York Kings 1994 2014 Murder Term of Years 9 to Life 20 15 Black Male 1994 2014 02-11-2014
Wilson, Theophalis Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1993 2020 Murder Life without parole 26 17 Black Male 2011 2020 02-03-2020
Winfrey, Megan Texas San Jacinto 2008 2013 Murder Life 5 16 White Female 2013 04-18-2013
Winfrey, Richard Sr. Texas San Jacinto 2007 2010 Murder Term of Years 75 years 3 49 White Male 2010 08-29-2011
Witt, Drayton Arizona Maricopa 2002 2012 Murder Term of Years 20 years 10 18 White Male 2012 2012 11-01-2012
Woodworth, Mark Missouri Livingston 1995 2014 Murder Life 19 16 White Male 2014 07-23-2014
Wright, Cleveland District of Columbia 1979 2014 Murder Term of Years 20 to Life 27 20 Black Male 2007 02-03-2014
Yarbough, Anthony New York Kings 1994 2014 Murder Term of Years 75 to life 20 18 Black Male 2005 2014 02-11-2014