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: 4141
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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 Contributing Factors Display Case Characteristics Recantation OM Tags DNA
Holbrook, Matthew Michigan Wayne 2006 2009 Murder Term of Years 17 to 27 years 3 35 White Male 2009 07-05-2017 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense H, NC
Holden, Gregory Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1983 2024 Murder Life without parole 41 19 Black Male 1984 2024 04-22-2024 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Holdren, Larry West Virginia Kanawha 1984 2000 Sexual Assault Term of Years 30 to 60 years 15 27 White Male 1999 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence SA
Holdsworth, Larry Ohio Portage 1988 1994 Robbery Term of Years 4 to 25 years 3 35 White Male 1992 12-12-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense
Holemon, Jeffrey Alabama Tuscaloosa 1988 1999 Sexual Assault Life 11 23 White Male 1999 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID SA
Holland, Dana Illinois Cook 1997 2003 Sexual Assault Term of Years 90 years 0 25 Black Male 1997 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct IO, SA FA, WH, NW
Holland, Dana Illinois Cook 1995 2003 Attempted Murder Term of Years 28 years 8 25 Black Male 2003 2003 08-29-2011 Perjury or False Accusation IO, SA
Holliday, Chester California San Diego 1981 1984 Murder Term of Years 3 years 3 51 Black Male 1984 02-28-2020 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense
Hollman, Chester III Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1993 2019 Murder Life without parole 26 21 Black Male 2001 2019 08-01-2019 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, CIU, H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PL
Holloway, Daryl Wisconsin Milwaukee 1993 2016 Sexual Assault Life 23 24 Black Male 2016 10-28-2016 Mistaken Witness ID IO, SA
Holmes, Charles III California San Diego 2005 2014 Sex Offender Registration Term of Years 9 years 7 41 White Male 2012 09-02-2015 Inadequate Legal Defense NC, P
Holmes, Christine Texas Montgomery 2023 2024 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 30 days 0 37 White Female 2023 04-15-2024 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence F, NC, P
Holmes, David Illinois Cook 2007 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years 2 25 Black Male 2009 01-19-2021 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, IO, NC, P OF, WH, NW
Holmes, Dwayne Illinois Cook 2007 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 22 Black Male 2008 05-06-2022 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, IO, NC, P OF, WH, NW
Holmes, Michael Fed-MO (Eastern) 2006 2011 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 25 years 5 44 Black Male 2011 03-28-2016 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct FED OF, WH, NW, PJ
Holmes, Phillip Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 6 months 0 33 Black Male 2014 03-06-2015 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence CIU, NC, P
Holmes, Sidney Florida Broward 1989 2023 Robbery Life 400 years 34 22 Black Male 2022 2023 03-16-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct CIU, IO OF, NW, WT
Holsomback, John Alabama Shelby 1988 2000 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 years 10 33 White Male 1998 12-30-2015 Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense CV, NC, SA
Holton, Billy Florida Duval 1987 2024 Sexual Assault Life without parole 25 19 White Male 2012 11-07-2024 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, CV, IO, JI, SA OF, NW, WT
Holton, Rudolph Florida Hillsborough 1986 2003 Murder Death 16 33 Black Male DK 2003 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CV, H, JI, SA PR, OF, WH, NW, PL
Honaker, Edward Virginia Nelson 1985 1994 Sexual Assault Life 10 33 White Male 1994 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct IO, SA PR, WH
Hood, Tyrone Illinois Cook 1996 2015 Murder Term of Years 75 years 19 29 Black Male 2008 2015 02-12-2015 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, CIU, H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Hooper, John New York Kings 2013 2015 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 1 year 0 48 Black Male 2013 08-03-2015 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct NC, P OF, WH, NW, PJ
Hoover-Moore, Kim Ohio Franklin 2003 2021 Murder Term of Years 15 to life 18 38 White Female 2017 2021 11-05-2021 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence CV, F, H, NC, SBS
Hopkins, Gregory Pennsylvania Beaver 2013 2022 Murder Term of Years 8 to 16 years 7 33 White Male 2020 05-26-2022 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense H, SA
Hopkins, Maurice Arkansas Jefferson 2016 2019 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 years and 6 months 3 32 Black Male 2019 02-21-2019 Perjury or False Accusation NC, SA
Hopkins, Troy Virginia Richmond City 1990 2005 Murder Term of Years 28 years 10 23 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID H
Hopps, Tony Florida Hillsborough 1990 2021 Robbery Life 31 24 Black Male 2021 09-08-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, IO
Horn, Geither Washington Franklin 1935 1959 Murder Life 24 41 Black Male 1959 False Confession, Official Misconduct
Horn, Vernon Connecticut New Haven 2000 2018 Murder Term of Years 70 years 18 17 Black Male 2006 2018 04-30-2018 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, H, JV OF, WH, NW, WT
Horne, Joe North Carolina Davidson 1932 1935 Robbery Term of Years 15 years 2 20 White Male 1935 Official Misconduct
Horner, Joshua Oregon Deschutes 2017 2018 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 50 years 1 37 White Male 2018 09-17-2018 Perjury or False Accusation CV, IO, NC, SA
Hornoff, Jeffrey Scott Rhode Island Kent 1996 2003 Murder Life 6 26 White Male 2002 08-29-2011 H
Horton, Alice Texas Angelina 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 20 White Female 2013 04-26-2014 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence F, NC, P
Horton, John Illinois Winnebago 1995 2017 Murder Life without parole 22 17 Black Male 1998 2017 10-09-2017 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO, JV PR, WH, NW, KP
Horton, Richard Ohio Franklin 2006 2023 Robbery Term of Years 23 years 16 28 Black Male 2022 07-17-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct IO PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ
Hostetler, Daniel Kentucky Hart 2013 2019 Manslaughter Term of Years 13 years 6 18 White Male 2019 01-02-2020 False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO, NC, P PR, WH
House, Paul G. Tennessee Union 1986 2009 Murder Death 22 23 White Male 2008 08-29-2011 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence H, SA
House, Roger Fed-Military 2002 2009 Military Justice Offense Fine 0 35 Black Male 2002 08-29-2011 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct FED, SA FA, NW, PJ
Housler, David Jr. Tennessee Montgomery 1997 2014 Murder Life without parole 13 19 White Male 2010 12-03-2014 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense H, JI
Houston, Darrell Ohio Cuyahoga 1992 2010 Murder Term of Years 33 to Life 19 23 Black Male 2003 2010 07-06-2012 Perjury or False Accusation H
Houston, Elton Illinois Cook 1984 1989 Murder Term of Years 35 years 5 27 Black Male 1989 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID H
Howard, Bernard Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Life without parole 26 18 Black Male 2020 01-23-2021 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, CIU, CV, H, IO, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, INT, PJ
Howard, Darnell Illinois Cook 2007 2021 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 6 years 1 23 Black Male 2007 12-06-2021 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, NC, P, IO OF, WH, NW
Howard, Darryl North Carolina Durham 1995 2016 Murder Term of Years 80 years 21 29 Black Male 2004 2016 09-06-2016 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct A, CV, H, IO, SA PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, PJ, PL
Howard, DeAndre California Los Angeles 2003 2013 Murder Life 10 20 Black Male 2013 12-27-2013 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Howard, Eddie Lee Jr. Mississippi Lowndes 1994 2021 Murder Death 27 38 Black Male 2011 2020 02-25-2021 False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO, SA, BM
Howard, Kenji California Los Angeles 1997 2021 Murder Term of Years 35 to Life 24 16 Black Male 2021 01-13-2022 False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, JV OF, NW
Howard, Stanley Illinois Cook 1987 2003 Murder Death 16 21 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H OF, WH, NW, INT
Howard, Timothy Ohio Franklin 1977 2003 Murder Death 26 23 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ, PL
Howell, Everett Illinois Adams 1928 1930 Robbery Term of Years 1 year to life 2 White Male 1930 Mistaken Witness ID
Howell, Frank West Virginia Marshall 1929 1931 Robbery Term of Years 15 years 1 28 White Male 1931 Mistaken Witness ID
Howell, Gerald Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1983 2023 Murder Life without parole 40 18 Black Male 2009 2023 11-13-2023 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Howell, Mack Michigan Macomb 2016 2023 Robbery Term of Years 25 to 50 years 7 53 Black Male 2023 03-28-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, IO OF, NW, WT
Hubbard, Donna Sue California Kern 1985 1995 Child Sex Abuse Life 11 30 White Female DK 1995 08-29-2011 False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CSH, CV, F, NC, SA OF, NW, WT
Hudson, Jermaine Louisiana Orleans 2000 2021 Robbery Life 21 20 Black Male 2021 2021 04-13-2021 Perjury or False Accusation CIU, IO, NC
Hudson, Larry Louisiana Orleans 1967 1993 Murder Death 25 19 Black Male 1993 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H OF, WH
Huffington, John Maryland Harford 1981 2023 Murder Death 32 18 White Male 2013 02-09-2023 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H, P FA, WH, NW, PJ
Hugee, Larry Lane Maryland Wicomico 2004 2013 Robbery Term of Years 25 years 8 48 Black Male 2012 05-16-2013 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct IO PR, WH
Hughes, Elicia Mississippi Hinds 2007 2007 Murder Life 0 32 Black Female 2007 07-19-2013 Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence F, H PR, NW
Hughes, George Minnesota Chisago 1921 1931 Robbery Life 10 White Male 1931 Mistaken Witness ID
Humiston, Chad Kansas Seward 2001 2004 Murder Term of Years 16 years and 11 months 3 19 White Male 2004 11-06-2017 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, CV, H PR, NW, KP
Hungerford, Jordan Texas Denton 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 24 White Male 2014 12-18-2014 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence NC, P
Hunt, Brian Illinois Cook 2008 2018 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Black Male 2008 12-05-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, IO, JV, NC, P OF, WH, NW
Hunt, Darryl North Carolina Forsyth 1985 2004 Murder Life 18 19 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H, JI, SA PR, WH, WT
Hunt, Darryl North Carolina Forsyth 1987 1990 Murder Term of Years 40 years 0 18 Black Male 1987 12-30-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation CDC, H
Hunt, H. Guy Alabama Montgomery 1993 1998 Official Misconduct Probation 0 54 White Male 1993 08-29-2011 NC
Hunt, Kenya California San Diego 1991 1991 Robbery Not Sentenced 0 17 Black Male 1991 09-07-2012 Mistaken Witness ID JV
Hunter, Cartier California Alameda 2016 2022 Murder Life 6 22 Black Male 2021 2022 05-16-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Hunter, Darrell California Marin 2000 2008 Murder Life without parole 8 22 Black Male 2008 09-30-2012 Mistaken Witness ID H
Hunter, James Kansas Thomas 1985 1988 Murder Life without parole 7 33 White Male 1992 12-07-2023
Hunter, Tyeona Ohio Hamilton 1994 2001 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 to 25 years 4 20 Black Female 1998 10-25-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence CV, F, NC, SA
Hurley, Jerry California Ventura 2017 2017 Traffic Offense Term of Years 4 days 0 22 White Male 2017 02-13-2018 Perjury or False Accusation CIU, M, P
Hurt, Davie West Virginia Mercer 1998 2014 Murder Life 13 17 Black Male 1998 2011 08-24-2014 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, H, JV PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Hurt, Paul Kentucky Jefferson 2001 2019 Child Sex Abuse Life 18 25 White Male 2015 2019 12-09-2019 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense CV, NC, SA
Hussein, Abdiaziz Maine Androscoggin 2018 2019 Other Violent Misdemeanor Term of Years 10 days 0 20 White Male 2018 12-23-2019 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct NC PR, OF, NW, KP, PJ
Hutchison, Leonard Tennessee Knox 1985 2005 Assault Term of Years 25 years 10 39 White Male 1996 11-14-2017 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct PR, OF, FA, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Iannacone, Dominic New York New York 2015 2018 Robbery Term of Years 7 years and 6 months 3 30 White Male 2017 03-15-2018 Perjury or False Accusation CIU, NC
Iglesias, Geraldo Illinois Cook 1994 2019 Murder Term of Years 35 years 16 24 Hispanic Male 2018 2010 01-30-2019 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, CV, H, IO, JI OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Imafidon, Julius Iowa Polk 2000 2002 Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor Probation 0 34 Black Male 2000 04-17-2019 Mistaken Witness ID M
Imbler, Paul Kern California Los Angeles 1961 1969 Murder Death 8 44 White Male 1969 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation
In, John Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2008 2022 Robbery Term of Years 25 to 50 years 14 23 Black Male 2022 06-23-2022 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, CV OF, WH, NW, PJ
Indovino, Joseph New York Kings 1943 1946 Murder Life 3 24 Don't Know Male 1946 Perjury or False Accusation
Inman, Devonia Georgia Cook 2001 2021 Murder Life 20 20 Black Male 2018 2021 01-03-2022 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H, IO, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Irby, Derius Ohio Cuyahoga 2016 2017 Robbery Not Sentenced 1 17 Black Male 2017 03-01-2018 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation CDC, CIU, JV
Ireland, Kenneth Connecticut New Haven 1989 2009 Murder Term of Years 50 years 20 16 White Male 2009 08-29-2011 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation H, IO, JV, SA
Irizarry, Julio New York New York 2017 2018 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 46 Hispanic Male 2018 06-06-2019 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct NC, P OF, WH, NW, PJ
Irons, James New York Kings 1996 2022 Murder Term of Years 25 to Life 26 18 Black Male 2022 08-10-2022 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, CIU, H PR, OF, WH, NW, INT, PJ, PL
Irons, Jonathan Missouri St. Charles 1998 2020 Assault Term of Years 50 years 22 16 Black Male 2020 07-20-2020 Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense JV PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ, PL
Irving, Melvin Illinois Cook 2006 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 1 year 0 18 Black Male 2006 10-04-2022 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, IO, NC, P OF, WH, NW
Irving, Turrell New York New York 2018 2019 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 days 0 48 Black Male 2018 05-28-2019 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct M, NC, P OF, WH, NW, PJ
Isbell, Teddy North Carolina Buncombe 2003 2015 Accessory to Murder Term of Years 3 years 4 35 Black Male 2007 10-11-2015 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, JI, P PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Ishak, Nadhir Arizona Maricopa 2015 2018 Traffic Offense Term of Years 3 months 0 38 Other Male 2015 09-27-2018 M, NC
Isham, Rommain Wisconsin Douglas 1990 2010 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 years 10 31 Native American Male 1993 2000 11-06-2012 Perjury or False Accusation CV, NC, SA
Isho, Waleed Michigan Wayne 1990 2020 Attempted Murder Term of Years 8 to 20 years 13 21 White Male 2002 02-16-2021 Perjury or False Accusation CIU
Islam, Khalil New York New York 1966 2021 Murder Life 21 30 Black Male 1987 12-06-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct CIU, H, PH, IO PR, OF, WH
Islas, Francisco Jr. Arizona Santa Cruz 2013 2013 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 90 days 0 47 Hispanic Male 2013 01-26-2014 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct P OF, WH, NW
Ivey, J.L. Jr. New York Erie 1976 1982 Murder Term of Years 25 years to life 6 32 Don't Know Male 1982 Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct
Ivory, Torrence Illinois Cook 2006 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 25 Black Male 2007 05-17-2022 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, IO, NC, P OF, WH, NW
Ixta, Ignacio Jr. California Ventura 2010 2021 Attempted Murder Term of Years 35 to Life 10 20 Hispanic Male 2021 05-06-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU PR, OF, WH, NW, WT