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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Kenneth | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 18 | 22 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Almodovar, Roberto | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 2017 | 04-26-2017 | |
| Amor, William | Illinois | DuPage | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 20 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 02-23-2018 | |
| Anderson, Tyjuan | Illinois | Winnebago | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 10 | 19 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-24-2015 |
| Andino, Carlos | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 26 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2021 | 2022 | 08-23-2022 |
| Antusas, Wayne | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 17 | White | Male | 2000 | 2021 | 02-19-2021 | |
| Arroyo, Rogelio | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1991 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ayala, David | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 41 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 2023 | 12-21-2023 | |
| Barr, Jonathan | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 85 years | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-23-2012 |
| Beals, Brian | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 34 | 22 | Black | Male | 2023 | 2023 | 01-03-2024 |
| Beaman, Alan W. | Illinois | McLean | 1995 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 14 | 20 | White | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Blackmon, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 14 | 20 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2018 | 01-28-2019 |
| Bolden, Eddie | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-22-2016 | ||
| Bouto, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 19 | 17 | White | Male | 2004 | 2015 | 07-02-2018 |
| Boyd, Lathierial | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2013 | Murder | Term of Years | 82 years | 23 | 24 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-10-2013 | |
| Briggs, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1905 | 1906 | Murder | Death | 1 | White | Male | 1906 | 04-03-2023 | |||
| Brown, Marcel | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2018 | 07-24-2018 |
| Brown, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1984 | 1989 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 5 | 42 | Black | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Burrell, Frank | Illinois | Cook | 2002 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 32 years | 17 | 24 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2024 | |
| Burrows, Joseph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 5 | 35 | White | Male | 1992 | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Burt, Lavale | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1986 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
| Campbell, Teshome | Illinois | Champaign | 1998 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 17 | 21 | Black | Male | 2016 | 02-09-2016 | |
| Casciaro, Mario | Illinois | McHenry | 2013 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 2014 | 2015 | 04-12-2016 |
| Catron, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 7 | 22 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Chatmon, Timothy | Illinois | Winnebago | 1990 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 5 | 30 | Black | Male | 1990 | 1995 | 03-10-2014 |
| Cleveland, Albert | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 20 | 20 | Black | Male | 2017 | 04-16-2019 | |
| Cobb, Perry | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 7 | 37 | Black | Male | 1987 | |||
| Colon, David | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 24 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1993 | 2017 | 08-25-2022 |
| Crivens, Algie III | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 18 | Black | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Cruz, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 26 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 07-18-2022 | |
| Cruz, Rolando | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Davila, Edwin | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 24 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2020 | 12-19-2022 | |
| Davis, Andre | Illinois | Champaign | 1981 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 31 | 19 | Black | Male | 2012 | 07-06-2012 | ||
| Davis, Lavelle | Illinois | Kane | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 9 | 20 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Day, Lee Antione | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 9 | 28 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Del Prete, Jennifer | Illinois | Will | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 31 | White | Female | 2014 | 10-13-2022 | |
| Diaz, Angel | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 44 years | 14 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 08-15-2024 | |
| Dixon, James | Illinois | Cook | 1972 | 1974 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to 60 years | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 1974 | 05-29-2020 | |
| Dowaliby, David | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1991 | 02-25-2012 | |
| Ellis, Bernard | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 6 | 26 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2001 | 08-24-2014 |
| Evans, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 1976 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 27 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Fields, Nathson Edgar | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 17 | 29 | Black | Male | DK | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Fletcher, James Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 27 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2020 | 02-24-2020 | |
| Flores, Johnny | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 28 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2018 | 09-06-2022 | |
| Fowler, Walter | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 1948 | ||
| Garrett, Sammie | Illinois | Cook | 1970 | 1976 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to 40 years | 5 | 21 | Black | Male | 1975 | ||
| Gauger, Gary | Illinois | McHenry | 1993 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 3 | 41 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Gayol, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 2 | 33 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Geralds, Hubert Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 2 | 30 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-31-2011 | ||
| Gonzalez, Nelson | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 08-22-2022 | |
| Gonzalez, Tony | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 42 years | 24 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2024 | 01-31-2024 | |
| Harden, James | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 16 | 16 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-23-2012 |
| Harper, Lafayette | Illinois | Vermilion | 2014 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 4 | 35 | Black | Male | 2019 | 02-14-2019 | |
| Harper, Maurice | Illinois | Jackson | 2002 | 2007 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 3 | 23 | Black | Male | DK | 2005 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harpstrite, Valentine | Illinois | St. Clair | 1929 | 1968 | Murder | Life | 20 | 24 | White | Male | 1949 | |||
| Harris, Darien | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 76 years | 10 | 18 | Black | Male | 2023 | 01-03-2024 | |
| Harris, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 31 | 34 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2023 | 04-08-2023 |
| Harris, Warren | Illinois | Cook | 1977 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 12 | 29 | Black | Male | 1990 | 07-05-2014 | |
| Haynes, Terrence | Illinois | Kankakee | 2000 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 18 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2019 | 06-11-2019 |
| 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 |
| Hill, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 2012 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 70 years | 5 | 36 | Black | Male | 2017 | 05-24-2022 | |
| Hood, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 19 | 29 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2015 | 02-12-2015 |
| 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 | |
| Iglesias, Geraldo | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 16 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2018 | 2010 | 01-30-2019 |
| Jimenez, Thaddeus | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 15 | 13 | Hispanic | Male | 2006 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 |
| Jimerson, Verneal | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 10 | 25 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 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, Demetrius | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2004 | 01-02-2020 | |
| 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, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2025 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 28 | 16 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2025 | 04-26-2025 |
| 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 | |
| Lawson, Carl | Illinois | St. Clair | 1990 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 6 | 23 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Lettrich, George | Illinois | Cook | 1951 | 1953 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | White | Male | 1953 | |||
| Liebich, Randy | Illinois | Dupage | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 14 | 22 | White | Male | 2012 | 2018 | 04-20-2019 |
| Lindsey, Lloyd | Illinois | Cook | 1975 | 1979 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 to 80 years | 4 | 17 | Black | Male | 1979 | ||
| Linscott, Steven | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1985 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Logan, Alton | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 26 | 28 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Logan, Leonard | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2019 | 10-26-2023 | |
| 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 | ||||
| Majczek, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1946 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 24 | White | Male | 1945 | ||
| Marcinkiewicz, Theodore | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1950 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 16 | 25 | White | Male | 1950 | ||
| Masterson, Kerry | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 58 years | 6 | 23 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 11-10-2017 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 35 | 22 | White | Male | 2024 | 01-02-2025 | ||
| Mendoza, Madeline | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 16 | 16 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2009 | 01-10-2023 |
| Miller, Lloyd Eldon | Illinois | Hancock | 1956 | 1971 | Murder | Death | 10 | 29 | White | Male | 1967 | |||
| Mims, Bernard | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 95 years | 10 | 20 | Black | Male | 2016 | 11-01-2016 | |
| Montanez, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 22 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 2016 | 07-23-2016 |
| Moore, Jonathan | Illinois | Kane | 2002 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 76 years | 10 | 18 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-18-2012 | |
| Moore, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 34 years | 9 | 37 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2018 | 08-29-2024 |
| Morales, Miguel | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 21 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 2015 | 11-14-2023 |