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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby, Troy | Wyoming | Sublette | 2010 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 2012 | 04-18-2012 | ||
| Wills, Ruben | New York | Queens | 2017 | 2021 | Fraud | Term of Years | 2 to 6 years | 2 | 38 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-25-2021 | |
| Wilmoth, Franklin | Ohio | Portage | 1994 | 2000 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 51 | White | Male | 1995 | 10-18-2018 | |
| 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, Dale | Oregon | Marion | 2016 | 2022 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 4 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 04-24-2024 |
| Wilson, David | Florida | Miami-Dade | 1967 | 1971 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 1971 | ||
| Wilson, Deontae | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 2017 | 2017 | Robbery | Not Sentenced | 0 | 28 | Black | Male | 2017 | 08-24-2017 | ||
| Wilson, Donald | Indiana | Gibson | 1995 | 1997 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 2 years and 2 months | 1 | 42 | White | Male | 1995 | 1996 | 09-29-2017 |
| Wilson, Edwin | Fed-VA | (Eastern) | 1983 | 2004 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 17 years | 21 | 49 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wilson, Elon | Virginia | Fairfax | 2019 | 2021 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 1 month | 2 | 23 | Black | Male | 2021 | 11-12-2024 | |
| Wilson, Harold C. | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1989 | 2005 | Murder | Death | 16 | 30 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilson, Horace | New Jersey | Mercer | 1948 | 1951 | Murder | Death | 3 | 37 | Black | Male | 1951 | |||
| Wilson, Theopolis | Wisconsin | Racine | 1989 | 1991 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 22 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-01-2012 | |
| Wilson, William | Blount | 1915 | 1918 | Murder | Life | 3 | 38 | White | Male | 1918 | ||||
| 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 | |
| Winston, J'Avarus | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2015 | 05-31-2016 | ||
| Winston, Michael | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 5 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-21-2018 | |
| Wirkkala, Luke | Oregon | Deschutes | 2014 | 2021 | Murder | Life | 7 | 32 | White | Male | 2021 | 04-28-2021 | ||
| Wise, Korey | New York | New York | 1990 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 12 | 16 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wise, Martez | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Witt, Drayton | Arizona | Maricopa | 2002 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 10 | 18 | White | Male | 2012 | 2012 | 11-01-2012 |
| Woidtke, Rodney | Illinois | St. Clair | 1989 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 12 | 27 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Womble, Willie | North Carolina | Granville | 1976 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 38 | 21 | Black | Male | 2014 | 10-17-2014 | |
| Wong, David | New York | Clinton | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 17 | 23 | Asian | Male | 2001 | 2004 | 08-29-2011 |
| Wood, Danny | Indiana | Bartholomew | 1987 | 1990 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 12 years | 4 | 26 | White | Male | 1990 | 06-16-2020 | |
| Wood, Sidney | California | Los Angeles | 1924 | 1925 | Robbery | Term of Years | 5 years to life | 1 | White | Male | 1925 | |||
| Woodall, Glen | West Virginia | Cabell | 1987 | 1992 | Sexual Assault | Life | 4 | 28 | White | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Woodard, James Lee | Texas | Dallas | 1981 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 27 | 26 | Black | Male | DK | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woodley, Collin | New York | Suffolk | 1990 | 1998 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 8 | 30 | White | Male | 1998 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woods, Anthony | Missouri | St. Louis City | 1984 | 2005 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 18 | 20 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woods, Cathy | Nevada | Washoe | 1980 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 34 | 26 | White | Female | 2014 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Woods, Cedric | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 44 | Black | Male | 2014 | 12-05-2023 | |
| Woods, Cedric | Texas | Harris | 2007 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 90 days | 0 | 38 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-27-2024 | |
| Woods, D'Andra | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2006 | 05-18-2022 | |
| Woods, William | Fed-AR | (Western) | 1888 | 1889 | Murder | Death | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 1889 | |||
| Woods, William | California | Los Angeles | 2021 | 2024 | Fraud | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 51 | White | Male | 2023 | 2021 | 04-21-2024 |
| Woodside, Gary Jr. | New York | Jefferson | 1989 | 2007 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 1 1/3 to 4 years | 3 | 20 | White | Male | 1992 | 12-20-2013 | |
| Woodward, Walter | Florida | Broward | 1933 | 1942 | Murder | Death | 9 | 32 | Black | Male | 1942 | 02-11-2021 | ||
| Woodworth, Mark | Missouri | Livingston | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Life | 19 | 16 | White | Male | 2014 | 07-23-2014 | ||
| Woolfolk, Michael | Georgia | Fulton | 2004 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 23 | Black | Male | 2021 | 05-22-2021 | ||
| Woolson, Skippy | New York | Oswego | 2013 | 2016 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 13 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2015 | 2016 | 03-18-2017 |
| Wooten, Suzanne | Texas | Collin | 2011 | 2017 | Bribery | Probation | 0 | 40 | White | Female | 2011 | 06-19-2018 | ||
| Word, Lathan | Georgia | Muscogee | 2000 | 2011 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 11 | 18 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2011 | 03-12-2013 |
| Worden, George IV | Tennessee | Sumner | 2020 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 60 days | 0 | 28 | White | Male | 2020 | 08-16-2024 | |
| Worthy, Terence | New Jersey | Essex | 2004 | 2005 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 7 years | 1 | 36 | Black | Male | 2005 | 12-11-2017 | |
| Wosu, Joy | New York | Erie | 1993 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 16 | 33 | Black | Female | 2009 | 12-18-2013 | |
| Woten, Michael Anthony | Texas | Dallas | 1982 | 1990 | Robbery | Term of Years | 55 years | 8 | 19 | White | Male | 1990 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wright, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 42 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-14-2022 | |
| Wright, Anthony Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 19 | Black | Male | 2006 | 05-11-2022 | |
| Wright, Cleveland | District of Columbia | 1979 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to Life | 27 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-03-2014 | ||
| Wright, David | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2022 | 04-20-2023 | |
| Wright, Ervin | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 0 | 43 | Black | Male | 2004 | 09-13-2023 | |
| Wright, Harold Jr. | Washington | Pierce | 2007 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 32 | Black | Male | 2007 | 09-27-2013 | |
| Wright, Isaac Jr. | New Jersey | Somerset | 1991 | 1998 | Drug Possession or Sale | Life | 6 | 28 | Black | Male | 1996 | 1996 | 05-10-2023 | |
| Wright, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-14-2022 | ||
| Wright, Louis | Michigan | Calhoun | 1988 | 2023 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 to 50 years | 35 | 29 | White | Male | 2023 | 12-06-2023 | |
| Wright, Summer | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Community Service | 0 | 20 | Black | Female | 2013 | 11-02-2015 | ||
| Yac-Garcia, Jose | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 27 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 11-03-2015 | ||
| Yanez, Jose | Illinois | Rock Island | 2020 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 12-05-2024 | |
| Yang, Justin | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2004 | 2006 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 7 years | 2 | 34 | Asian | Male | 2006 | 08-09-2021 | |
| Ybarra, James | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 12 days | 0 | 43 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 02-28-2024 | |
| Yelder, George | Alabama | Lowndes | 1928 | 1928 | Murder | Life | 0 | 55 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||
| Yell, Robert | Kentucky | Logan | 2006 | 2019 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 52 years | 11 | 27 | White | Male | 2017 | 03-27-2019 | |
| York, Kenneth | Missouri | Vernon | 1994 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | Life without parole | 16 | 38 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Young, Bernard | Michigan | Wayne | 1989 | 2017 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 60 to 100 years | 27 | 29 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2017 | 12-19-2017 |
| Young, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 38 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-08-2022 | |
| Youngblood, Larry | Arizona | Pima | 1985 | 2000 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 10 years and 6 months | 15 | 30 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Zajicek, Herman | Illinois | Cook | 1907 | 1917 | Murder | Death | 9 | 39 | White | Male | 1917 | |||
| Zambino, Luigi | New Jersey | Mercer | 1906 | 1909 | Forgery | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | White | Male | 1909 | |||
| Zambrano, Rafael | California | Los Angeles | 1997 | 2000 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 4 months | 1 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1998 | 12-13-2021 | |
| Zamora, Joseph | Washington | Grant | 2019 | 2023 | Assault | Term of Years | 38 months | 2 | 35 | Hispanic | Male | 2021 | 06-06-2024 | |
| Zapata, Rodrigo | Texas | Webb | 2000 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 25 years | 2 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 06-19-2016 | |
| Zarzoza, Jonathan | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 18 | White | Male | 2013 | 06-16-2020 | ||
| Zawacki, Richard | Indiana | Huntington | 2000 | 2001 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 38 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-08-2017 | |
| Zimmer, Walter | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1998 | 2011 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 50 years | 13 | 40 | White | Male | 2011 | 10-04-2013 | |
| Zimmerman, Evan | Wisconsin | Eau Claire | 2001 | 2005 | Murder | Life | 3 | 53 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Zimmerman, Isidore | New York | New York | 1938 | 1962 | Murder | Death | 24 | 19 | White | Male | 1962 | 02-28-2019 | ||
| Zinkiewicz, Tyrone | Ohio | Montgomery | 1988 | 1992 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 3 | 38 | White | Male | 1992 | 10-25-2014 | |
| Zomber, Michael | Fed-PA | (Eastern) | 2003 | 2009 | Fraud | Term of Years | 2 years and 6 months | 5 | 53 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 |