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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 |
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| Ward, Bernard | Maryland | Anne Arundel | 1989 | 1994 | Murder | Life | 5 | 28 | White | Male | 1994 | 1994 | 06-22-2013 | |
| Ward, Madeleine | Illinois | DuPage | 2006 | 2008 | Theft | Term of Years | 6 years and 7 months | 2 | 52 | White | Female | 2008 | 04-05-2013 | |
| Warney, Douglas | New York | Monroe | 1997 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 9 | 34 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Washburn, Michael | Massachusetts | Bristol | 2002 | 2003 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 2003 | 11-17-2017 | |
| Washington, Michael | Washington | Snohomish | 2005 | 2006 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-08-2017 | |
| Waters, Kenneth | Massachusetts | Middlesex | 1983 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 18 | 25 | White | Male | 1983 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Waters, Leo | North Carolina | Onslow | 1982 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Life | 21 | 30 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Watkins, Jacob | Oregon | Marion | 2011 | 2023 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 years and 6 months | 12 | 23 | White | Male | 2023 | 06-26-2024 | |
| Watkins, Jerry | Indiana | Hancock | 1986 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 14 | 26 | White | Male | 1993 | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Watkins, John | Arizona | Maricopa | 2004 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 14 years | 7 | 19 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Watkins, Joseph | Georgia | Floyd | 2001 | 2023 | Murder | Life | 22 | 19 | White | Male | 2003 | 2023 | 10-17-2023 | |
| Watson, Robert Lamar | Florida | Polk | 1965 | 1965 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 0 | 24 | White | Male | 1965 | ||
| Weakley, Eric | Virginia | Culpeper | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 6 years and 8 months | 5 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 01-26-2022 | |
| Weatherly, Harold | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1984 | 2007 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 15 | 25 | White | Male | 1998 | 08-01-2019 | |
| Weathington, Jennifer | Georgia | Paulding | 2013 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 1 | 19 | White | Female | 2019 | 2014 | 05-12-2019 | |
| Weaver, Mary | Iowa | Marshall | 1994 | 1997 | Murder | Life without parole | 2 | 41 | White | Female | 1996 | 07-29-2012 | ||
| Weaver, Ricky | Idaho | Elmore | 2020 | 2024 | Solicitation | Term of Years | 15 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2024 | 09-26-2024 | |
| Webb, Kenneth | Michigan | Washtenaw | 1987 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 35 | 30 | White | Male | 2022 | 11-14-2022 | ||
| Webb, Mark | Texas | Tarrant | 1987 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 30 years | 15 | 22 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Weichel, Fred | Massachusetts | Norfolk | 1981 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 28 | White | Male | 2017 | 08-10-2017 | ||
| Weimer, Crystal | Pennsylvania | Fayette | 2006 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to 30 years | 9 | 23 | White | Female | 2015 | 2015 | 06-29-2016 |
| Weimer, Howard | California | Kern | 1985 | 2005 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 42 years | 13 | 57 | White | Male | 2001 | 1998 | 08-29-2011 |
| Weiner, Mark | Virginia | Albemarle | 2013 | 2015 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 8 years | 2 | 52 | White | Male | 2015 | 2015 | 07-16-2015 |
| Weiner, Murray | California | San Diego | 1994 | 1996 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 2 | 65 | White | Male | 1996 | 03-16-2013 | ||
| Weir, John | Oklahoma | Comanche | 1986 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 51 years | 1 | 22 | White | Male | 1987 | 01-09-2020 | |
| Weitzel, Robert | Utah | Davis | 2000 | 2002 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 1 to 15 years | 1 | 39 | White | Male | 2001 | 06-27-2014 | |
| Weldon, Kyle | Iowa | Polk | 2015 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 31 days | 0 | 21 | White | Male | 2015 | 01-27-2017 | |
| Wenger, Braden | California | Contra Costa | 2015 | 2016 | Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor | Term of Years | 25 days | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 2015 | 02-07-2017 | |
| Werkheiser, Julie | New York | Tioga | 2015 | 2024 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 11 to Life | 8 | 31 | White | Female | 2019 | 2023 | 02-08-2024 |
| Wheeler, Michael | Washington | Thurston | 2000 | 2015 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 20 days | 0 | 51 | White | Male | 2000 | 01-27-2017 | |
| Wheeler, Michael | Washington | Pierce | 2011 | 2013 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 1 year and 5 months | 1 | 61 | White | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2017 | |
| White, George | Alabama | Coffee | 1987 | 1992 | Murder | Life | 2 | 36 | White | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| White, Joseph | Nebraska | Gage | 1989 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 19 | 22 | White | Male | 2008 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| White, Theodore Jr. | Missouri | Jackson | 1999 | 2005 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 50 years | 6 | 35 | White | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Whitehead, Ronnie | Texas | Harris | 2004 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 31 | White | Male | 2004 | 01-14-2015 | |
| Whitlock, Herbert | Illinois | Edgar | 1987 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 21 | 39 | White | Male | 1988 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wickham, Christopher | Utah | Salt Lake | 1997 | 2019 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 20 to life | 14 | 27 | White | Male | 2011 | 10-02-2019 | |
| Wiggins, David Lee | Texas | Tarrant | 1989 | 2012 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 23 | 24 | White | Male | 2012 | 11-06-2012 | ||
| Wilcox, George | Arkansas | Pulaski | 1998 | 2001 | Assault | Not Sentenced | 0 | 55 | White | Male | 1998 | 06-22-2016 | ||
| Wilcox, Jennifer | Ohio | Montgomery | 1985 | 1997 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 11 | 20 | White | Female | 1992 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wilhoit, Gregory | Oklahoma | Osage | 1987 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 6 | 30 | White | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilkerson, Mike | Missouri | Jasper | 2000 | 2017 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 07-05-2017 | ||
| Wilkinson, Robert | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1976 | 1977 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 26 | White | Male | 1977 | |||
| Willett, Jeffery | Wisconsin | Washington | 2007 | 2010 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 3 | 29 | White | Male | 2010 | 06-26-2012 | |
| Williams, Clarence Von | Texas | Orange | 1981 | 1981 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 50 years | 0 | 40 | White | Male | 1981 | ||
| Williams, Danial | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1999 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 11 | 25 | White | Male | 2005 | 2009 | 12-22-2016 | |
| Williams, Herman | Illinois | Lake | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | White | Male | 2022 | 09-26-2022 | ||
| Williams, Hubert | Maryland | Baltimore | 1998 | 2009 | Attempted Murder | Life | 100 years | 11 | 46 | White | Male | 2009 | 04-17-2019 | |
| Williams, James | Georgia | Chatham | 1982 | 1989 | Murder | Life | 3 | 50 | White | Male | 1985 | 06-22-2013 | ||
| Williamson, Ronald Keith | Oklahoma | Pontotoc | 1988 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 11 | 29 | White | Male | 1999 | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Willing, Rusty | Illinois | Adams | 2016 | 2020 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 2 | 34 | White | Male | 2018 | 06-23-2020 | |
| Willis, Ernest Ray | Texas | Pecos | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Willoughby, Troy | Wyoming | Sublette | 2010 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 2012 | 04-18-2012 | ||
| Wilmoth, Franklin | Ohio | Portage | 1994 | 2000 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 51 | White | Male | 1995 | 10-18-2018 | |
| Wilson, Dale | Oregon | Marion | 2016 | 2022 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 4 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 04-24-2024 |
| 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, Eric | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1999 | 2017 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 8 1/2 years | 6 | 21 | White | Male | 2005 | 2005 | 03-23-2017 |
| Wilson, Johnny Lee | Missouri | Lawrence | 1987 | 1995 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 20 | White | Male | 1989 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wilson, Kathryn Dawn | North Carolina | Chowan | 1993 | 1997 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 3 | 22 | White | Female | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| 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 | |
| Winslow, Thomas | Nebraska | Gage | 1990 | 2009 | Accessory to Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 18 | 19 | White | Male | 2008 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 |
| Wirkkala, Luke | Oregon | Deschutes | 2014 | 2021 | Murder | Life | 7 | 32 | White | Male | 2021 | 04-28-2021 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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, Cathy | Nevada | Washoe | 1980 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 34 | 26 | White | Female | 2014 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| 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 | |
| Woodworth, Mark | Missouri | Livingston | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Life | 19 | 16 | White | Male | 2014 | 07-23-2014 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Worden, George IV | Tennessee | Sumner | 2020 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 60 days | 0 | 28 | White | Male | 2020 | 08-16-2024 | |
| Woten, Michael Anthony | Texas | Dallas | 1982 | 1990 | Robbery | Term of Years | 55 years | 8 | 19 | White | Male | 1990 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wright, Louis | Michigan | Calhoun | 1988 | 2023 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 to 50 years | 35 | 29 | White | Male | 2023 | 12-06-2023 | |
| Wyniemko, Kenneth | Michigan | Macomb | 1994 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 40 to 60 years | 9 | 42 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wynn, Morris | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2006 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 2 | 21 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Yarris, Nicholas | Pennsylvania | Delaware | 1982 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 21 | 20 | White | Male | 1983 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |