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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderhorst, Zachary | California | San Francisco | 1974 | 2021 | Sexual Assault | Life | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 1974 | 11-08-2021 | ||
| Vasquez, William | New York | Kings | 1981 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 31 | 34 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2012 | 12-18-2015 |
| Vass, Leslie | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1975 | 1986 | Robbery | Term of Years | 20 years | 11 | 17 | Black | Male | 1986 | ||
| Vaughan, James III | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 2008 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Life without parole | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2009 | 05-08-2015 | ||
| Veney, David | Maryland | Wicomico | 1997 | 2005 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 25 years | 8 | 20 | Black | Male | 2005 | 06-14-2023 | |
| Wagstaffe, Everton | New York | Kings | 1993 | 2015 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 25 years | 22 | 23 | Black | Male | 2014 | 08-02-2015 | |
| Walker, Danny | Illinois | DuPage | 2012 | 2018 | Fraud | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 47 | Black | Male | 2012 | 04-20-2018 | |
| Walker, Jabar | New York | New York | 1998 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 26 | 22 | Black | Male | 1998 | 2023 | 12-04-2023 |
| Walker, Joseph | South Carolina | Bamberg | 2003 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 24 years | 11 | 44 | Black | Male | 2014 | 11-25-2014 | |
| Walker, Nathaniel | New Jersey | Union | 1976 | 1986 | Sexual Assault | Life | 10 | 32 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
| Walker, William | Ohio | Stark | 2002 | 2005 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 36 | Black | Male | 2003 | 04-14-2015 | |
| Walker, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Waller, Patrick | Texas | Dallas | 1992 | 2008 | Kidnapping | Life | 16 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Walls, George | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 2003 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 10 years | 8 | 39 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-30-2012 | |
| Walter, Sullivan | Louisiana | Orleans | 1986 | 2022 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 35 years | 35 | 17 | Black | Male | 2021 | 08-31-2022 | |
| Walters, Earl | New York | Queens | 1994 | 2023 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 17 1/2 to 40 | 19 | 17 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-05-2023 | |
| Ware, Melonie | Georgia | DeKalb | 2005 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 1 | 30 | Black | Female | 2006 | 10-11-2011 | ||
| Warren, Cedric | Kansas | Wyandotte | 2010 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 14 | 18 | Black | Male | 2024 | 01-23-2025 | |
| Washington, Earl Jr. | Virginia | Culpeper | 1984 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 17 | 22 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Washington, Gary | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1987 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 32 | 25 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2019 | 02-16-2019 | |
| Washington, Sean | New Jersey | Camden | 1996 | 2020 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 to life | 24 | 23 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2020 | 02-28-2020 |
| Washington, Vonaire | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1991 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 22 years | 10 | 24 | Black | Male | 2001 | 07-09-2014 | |
| Watkins, Joyce | Tennessee | Davidson | 1988 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 27 | 39 | Black | Female | 2015 | 01-24-2022 | ||
| Watson, James | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1981 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 39 | 20 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2020 | 11-25-2020 | |
| Webster, Joseph | Tennessee | Davidson | 2006 | 2020 | Murder | Life | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2020 | 11-30-2020 | |
| Wells, Harold | Michigan | Wayne | 1992 | 1993 | Possession of Stolen Property | Term of Years | 1 1/2 to 5 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wells, Keith | Texas | Johnson | 1998 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 3 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-07-2018 | |
| West, Keith | Kentucky | Jefferson | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 4 | 19 | Black | Male | 2019 | 1998 | 01-20-2020 | |
| Wheeler-Whichard, Jonathan | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2007 | 1997 | 08-29-2011 |
| Whitehead, Artis | Tennessee | Shelby | 2003 | 2024 | Kidnapping | Life | 249 years | 20 | 38 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2023 | 02-12-2024 |
| Wilcoxson, Robert | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2002 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 15 3/4 years | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 2011 | 10-12-2011 | |
| Wiley, Kelvin | California | San Diego | 1990 | 1992 | Assault | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 1992 | 09-07-2012 |
| Williams, Antonio | Alabama | Jefferson | 2007 | 2011 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 4 | 35 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2011 | 11-06-2012 | |
| Williams, Barry | California | Los Angeles | 1986 | 2021 | Murder | Death | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 2001 | 1986 | 04-22-2021 | |
| Williams, Christopher | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1993 | 2019 | Murder | Death | 0 | 29 | Black | Male | 2011 | 1993 | 02-03-2020 | |
| Williams, Clifford Jr. | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2019 | Murder | Death | 43 | 33 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2019 | ||
| Williams, Cordell | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-20-2022 | ||
| Williams, Darryl | New York | Queens | 2014 | 2022 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 9 | 49 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-16-2022 | |
| Williams, Dennis | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 18 | 21 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Williams, Emmaline | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1995 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 12 years | 8 | 43 | Black | Female | 1994 | 07-03-2014 | |
| Williams, Eugene | Alabama | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 15 | Black | Male | 1937 | |||
| Williams, Gregory | Texas | Lubbock | 2018 | 2023 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 2 years | 4 | 55 | Black | Male | 2022 | 04-19-2024 | |
| Williams, Larry Jr. | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 10 years | 7 | 16 | Black | Male | 2009 | 10-11-2015 | |
| Williams, Richard | California | Sacramento | 1998 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 18 | Black | Male | 2015 | 01-26-2016 | ||
| Williams, Ronald | Michigan | Wayne | 2010 | 2013 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 2 | 44 | Black | Male | 2012 | 09-19-2022 | |
| Williams, Shawn | New York | Kings | 1994 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 24 | 19 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2018 | 07-24-2018 |
| Willis, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 Years | 1 | 33 | Black | Male | 2010 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Willis, Marrio D'Shane | Oklahoma | Tulsa | 2003 | 2006 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 2 | 23 | Black | Male | 2004 | 2006 | 08-29-2011 |
| Willis, Patrick | California | Alameda | 2013 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 28 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-18-2021 | ||
| Wilson, Albert | Kansas | Douglas | 2019 | 2021 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 years and 3 months | 2 | 20 | Black | Male | 2021 | 03-21-2022 | |
| Wilson, Carol Jean | Michigan | Wayne | 2011 | 2013 | Forgery | Probation | 0 | 57 | Black | Female | 2011 | 12-30-2013 | ||
| 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 | |
| Winston, Michael | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 5 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-21-2018 | |
| Word, Lathan | Georgia | Muscogee | 2000 | 2011 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 11 | 18 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2011 | 03-12-2013 |
| Wosu, Joy | New York | Erie | 1993 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 16 | 33 | Black | Female | 2009 | 12-18-2013 | |
| Wright, David | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2022 | 04-20-2023 | |
| Wyatt, Rickey Dale | Texas | Dallas | 1981 | 2012 | Sexual Assault | Life | 99 years | 30 | 25 | Black | Male | 2012 | 08-30-2012 | |
| Yarbough, Anthony | New York | Kings | 1994 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 to life | 20 | 18 | Black | Male | 2005 | 2014 | 02-11-2014 |
| Yates, Michael | Indiana | Howard | 2009 | 2023 | Attempt, Violent | Term of Years | 20 years | 1 | 25 | Black | Male | 2010 | 03-07-2023 |