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: 62
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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
Alford, Herbert Michigan Ingham 2016 2020 Murder Term of Years 32 years five months to 62 years five months 3 38 Black Male 2020 01-29-2021
Ansari, Alexandre Michigan Wayne 2013 2019 Murder Life without parole 5 28 Black Male 2019 12-18-2019
Atkins, Dennis Michigan Wayne 2006 2022 Murder Life 16 21 Black Male 2022 03-01-2022
Baugh, Jimmie Michigan Wayne 2003 2023 Murder Life without parole 0 35 Black Male 2003 01-16-2024
Berry, Gregory Michigan Wayne 2004 2020 Murder Life without parole 16 20 White Male 2016 2020 02-08-2021
Bruner, Carl II Michigan Wayne 2014 2020 Murder Life without parole 5 29 Black Male 2020 04-02-2020
Burton, Danny Michigan Wayne 1987 2019 Murder Life without parole 32 19 Black Male 2005 2019 12-13-2019
Calloway, Willie Michigan Wayne 1945 1953 Murder Life 8 18 Black Male 1953
Christian, Kino Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 29 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Clark, Charles Lee Michigan Wayne 1938 1968 Murder Life 30 39 Black Male 1968
Clark, Ephraim R. Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 35 White Male 1961
Clark, George Michigan Wayne 2003 2020 Murder Life without parole 17 31 Black Male 2006 2020 04-30-2020
Clark, Paul Jr. Michigan Wayne 1987 2024 Murder Life without parole 37 19 Black Male 2024 08-07-2024
DeJesus, George Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life 24 18 Hispanic Male 2022 04-01-2022
DeJesus, Melvin Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life 24 21 Hispanic Male 2022 04-01-2022
Edwards, Dartanion Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 19 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Edwards, Joshun Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 27 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Foley, Thomas Michigan Branch 2009 2011 Murder Life 2 40 White Male 2011 01-17-2013
Forbes, Walter Michigan Jackson 1983 2020 Murder Life without parole 38 25 Black Male 2017 2020 12-12-2020
Futrell, Rayshard Michigan Wayne 2009 2010 Murder Life 1 17 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Gross, Louis Michigan Wayne 1933 1949 Murder Life 16 33 White Male 1949
Growden, Gerald Michigan Wayne 1931 1932 Murder Life 1 19 White Male 1932 10-22-2020
Hall, Lindberg Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 32 White Male 1961
Hamilton, Lacino Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Term of Years 52 to 82 years 25 19 Black Male 2020 10-26-2020
Hardy, Vance Michigan Wayne 1924 1951 Murder Life 29 30 White Male 1953
Highers, Raymond Michigan Wayne 1988 2013 Murder Life without parole 24 20 White Male 2012 09-25-2013
Highers, Thomas Michigan Wayne 1988 2013 Murder Life without parole 24 21 White Male 2012 09-25-2013
Hinton, C'Quan Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 17 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Jenkins, Lonnie Michigan Wayne 1931 1940 Murder Life 9 28 White Male 1940
Jones, Elroy Lucky Michigan Wayne 2006 2014 Murder Life without parole 7 26 Black Male 2014 02-27-2014
Kuykendall, Sceola Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1961
Kyles, Anthony Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life without parole 25 27 Black Male 2011 2022 10-29-2022
Legion, Anthony Michigan Wayne 2001 2020 Murder Life without parole 19 27 Black Male 2010 2020 10-26-2020
Love, Dwight Michigan Wayne 1982 2001 Murder Life 16 22 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011
MacGregor, Robert Michigan Huron 1912 1916 Murder Life 4 34 White Male 1916 08-19-2021
McDowell, Vidale Michigan Wayne 2003 2004 Murder Life 1 18 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Miller, Tonia Michigan Calhoun 2003 2021 Murder Term of Years 20 to 30 years 18 18 White Female 2020 2021 09-20-2021
Moore, Walter Michigan Otsego 1988 1996 Murder Life 7 37 White Male 1995 1996 08-29-2011
Nelson, Jimmie Michigan Iosco 2010 2014 Murder Term of Years 25 to 50 years 3 28 White Male 2013 04-21-2014
Nixon, Kenneth Michigan Wayne 2005 2021 Murder Life without parole 15 19 Black Male 2005 2021 03-19-2021
Owens, David Michigan Wayne 1988 2021 Murder Term of Years 25 years 26 19 Black Male 2005 2014 01-24-2022
Pecho, Walter Michigan Wayne 1954 1960 Murder Term of Years 15 to 20 years 6 35 White Male 1960
Peterson, Jamie Lee Michigan Kalkaska 1998 2014 Murder Life without parole 16 21 White Male 2014 09-09-2014
Poole, Gilbert Jr. Michigan Oakland 1989 2021 Murder Life without parole 32 23 White Male 2021 06-18-2021
Powels, Michael Michigan Wayne 2007 2019 Murder Term of Years 45 to 75 years 11 26 Black Male 2019 02-20-2019
Prevost, Lloyd Michigan Macomb 1920 1930 Murder Life 11 24 White Male 1930
Ricks, Desmond Michigan Wayne 1992 2017 Murder Term of Years 30 to 60 years 25 25 Black Male 2014 2017 06-06-2017
Ripan, Alexander Michigan Saginaw 1920 1939 Murder Life 19 27 White Male 1939
Sauerman, Leo Michigan Wayne 1922 1925 Murder Life 3 25 White Male 1925 03-03-2023
Siggers, Darrell Michigan Wayne 1984 2018 Murder Life without parole 34 20 Black Male 1987 2018 10-23-2018
Smith, Feronda Michigan Genesee 2011 2018 Murder Life without parole 8 30 Black Male 2018 02-04-2019
Smith, Larry Jr. Michigan Wayne 1994 2021 Murder Life without parole 26 18 Black Male 2003 2021 03-03-2021
Souter, Larry Pat Michigan Newaygo 1992 2005 Murder Term of Years 20 to 60 years 13 26 White Male 1999 2005 08-29-2011
Storick, Maude Michigan Cass 1923 1949 Murder Life 27 40 White Female 1949
Sullivan, Donald Jr. Michigan Wayne 1975 1982 Murder Life 7 22 Black Male 1982 05-15-2020
Tanner, Hattie Michigan Calhoun 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 17 35 Black Female 2017 04-03-2018
Veres, Rose Michigan Wayne 1931 1945 Murder Life 14 48 White Female 1945 11-27-2017
Walker, Lee Dell Michigan Wayne 1954 1972 Murder Life 18 41 Black Male 1972
Ward, Ramon Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Life without parole 25 18 Black Male 2020 03-23-2020
Watkins, Ledura Michigan Wayne 1976 2017 Murder Life without parole 41 19 Black Male 1980 2017 06-29-2017
Williams, Duane Michigan Wayne 2013 2024 Murder Life without parole 11 42 Black Male 2024 11-01-2024
Young, Paul Michigan Wayne 1987 2021 Murder Life without parole 32 17 Black Male 2005 2019 01-24-2022