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: 66
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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Years lost Age Race Sex Year of recantation Date of Release Posting Date
Boyd, Payne West Virginia Mercer 1925 1925 Murder Life 1 Black Male 1925
Branson, William Oregon Yamhill 1916 1920 Murder Life 5 23 White Male 1920
Brooks, Riley Anne Arundel 1966 1973 Murder Life 7 46 Black Male 1973 02-16-2021
Butler, Louise Alabama Lowndes 1928 1928 Murder Life 0 Black Female 1928
Carden, Ronald Arkansas Pulaski 1982 1982 Murder Life 1 34 Don't Know Male 1982
Carmen, Jack Allen Ohio Franklin 1975 1977 Murder Life 2 26 White Male 1977
Chambers, Leon Mississippi Wilkinson 1970 1973 Murder Life 2 Black Male 1973
Chance, John H. Massachusetts Suffolk 1899 1911 Murder Life 12 31 Don't Know Male 1911
Cochran, John D. Indiana Wabash 1888 1890 Murder Life 2 White Male 1890
Coleman, Robert E. Georgia Clayton 1929 1933 Murder Life 4 21 White Male 1933
Cooper, C.D. Marlboro 1921 1934 Murder Life 5 33 White Male 1926
Cromwell, Oliver Maine Penobscot 1888 1900 Murder Life 13 White Male 1900
Dabney, Condy Kentucky Harlan 1926 1927 Murder Life 1 31 White Male 1927
DeMore, Louis Missouri St. Louis 1934 1934 Murder Life 0 43 White Male 1934
Favor, Jack Bossier Parish 1967 1974 Murder Life 7 52 White Male 1974
Fay, Floyd Ohio Wood 1978 1980 Murder Life 2 26 White Male 1980
Foster, Locke Ohio Wyandot 1901 1914 Murder Life 13 33 White Male 1914 08-29-2022
Frederick, Johnny Florida Leon 1971 1973 Murder Life 2 20 Black Male 1973
Green, William Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1947 1957 Murder Life 10 35 Black Male 1957
Gross, Louis Michigan Wayne 1933 1949 Murder Life 16 33 White Male 1949
Growden, Gerald Michigan Wayne 1931 1932 Murder Life 1 19 White Male 1932 10-22-2020
Hall, Gordon R. California Los Angeles 1978 1982 Murder Life 3 16 Hispanic Male 1982
Hamby, Loren Colorado Huerfano 1939 1946 Murder Life 6 20 White Male 1946
Hardy, Vance Michigan Wayne 1924 1951 Murder Life 29 30 White Male 1953
Holbrook, Ernest Jr. Ohio Wayne 1982 1984 Murder Life 2 19 White Male 1984
Hughes, George Minnesota Chisago 1921 1931 Robbery Life 10 White Male 1931
Indovino, Joseph New York Kings 1943 1946 Murder Life 3 24 Don't Know Male 1946
Jackson, Sergeant California San Diego 1974 1974 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1974
Jackson, Shea Missouri Jackson 1981 1982 Murder Life 1 25 Black Male 1982 05-26-2020
James, Tyrone South Carolina Florence 1982 1982 Murder Life 0 24 Black Male 1982
Jenkins, Lonnie Michigan Wayne 1931 1940 Murder Life 9 28 White Male 1940
Kamacho, Daniel California Los Angeles 1947 1947 Murder Life 0 Hispanic Male 1947
Lanzillo, Luigi Connecticut New Haven 1918 1928 Murder Life 10 18 White Male 1928
Leaster, Bobby Joe Massachusetts Suffolk 1971 1986 Murder Life 16 21 Black Male 1986
Logan, Ronald J. Michigan Wayne 1946 1959 Robbery Life 13 28 White Male 1959
Lucas, Jesse Wabash 1909 1941 Murder Life 22 23 White Male 1931
Lucas, Margaret Wabash 1909 1941 Murder Life 0 White Female 1909
MacGregor, Robert Michigan Huron 1912 1916 Murder Life 4 34 White Male 1916 08-19-2021
Mattice, Ernest Colorado Denver 1936 1937 Sexual Assault Life 1 33 White Male 1937
McKinney, Clarence Leroy Ohio Clinton 1922 1923 Murder Life 1 White Male 1923
Morello, Raffaelo New Jersey Essex 1918 1926 Murder Life 11 25 White Male 1929
Mosley, Howard Texas Galveston 1982 1982 Attempted Murder Life 0 25 Black Male 1982 01-06-2021
Nelson, Melvin Indiana Lake 1975 1978 Other Nonviolent Felony Life 3 33 Black Male 1978 04-14-2021
Owens, Aaron California Alameda 1973 1981 Murder Life 8 29 Black Male 1981
Peterson, Winfred J. South Carolina Florence 1982 1982 Murder Life 0 24 Black Male 1982
Pianezzi, Peter California Los Angeles 1940 1966 Murder Life 13 35 White Male 1953
Prevost, Lloyd Michigan Macomb 1920 1930 Murder Life 11 24 White Male 1930
Ripan, Alexander Michigan Saginaw 1920 1939 Murder Life 19 27 White Male 1939
Rodriguez, Santos Hampden 1954 1957 Murder Life 2 26 Hispanic Male 1957
Rucker, Herman Ray Ohio Wayne 1982 1983 Murder Life 1 26 White Male 1983
Sauerman, Leo Michigan Wayne 1922 1925 Murder Life 3 25 White Male 1925 03-03-2023
Sheppard, Samuel Ohio Cuyahoga 1954 1966 Murder Life 10 30 White Male 1964
Smith, Larry Thomas Ohio Summit 1976 1980 Murder Life 4 30 White Male 1980
Stain, David Maine Penobscot 1888 1900 Murder Life 13 White Male 1900
Staten, Cleo Alabama Marshall 1920 1927 Murder Life 6 Black Male 1927
Storick, Maude Michigan Cass 1923 1949 Murder Life 27 40 White Female 1949
Sullivan, Donald Jr. Michigan Wayne 1975 1982 Murder Life 7 22 Black Male 1982 05-15-2020
Tidwell, Charner Fed-OK U.S. Territorial Court 1899 1922 Murder Life 23 17 Native American Male 1922
Ury, George Ohio Wyandot 1901 1913 Murder Life 12 48 White Male 1913 08-29-2022
Valderrama, Paul Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1975 1979 Murder Life 5 20 Hispanic Male 1979
Vargas, Anastacio Texas Bexar 1926 1929 Murder Life 4 33 Hispanic Male 1929
Veres, Rose Michigan Wayne 1931 1945 Murder Life 14 48 White Female 1945 11-27-2017
Walker, Nathaniel New Jersey Union 1976 1986 Sexual Assault Life 10 32 Black Male 1986
Wilks, Calvin Mississippi Hinds 1981 1984 Murder Life 4 21 Don't Know Male 1984
Wilson, William Blount 1915 1918 Murder Life 3 38 White Male 1918
Yelder, George Alabama Lowndes 1928 1928 Murder Life 0 55 Black Male 1928