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: 69
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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Years lost Age Race Sex Year of recantation Date of Release Posting Date
Achberger, Terry E. Ohio Summit 1976 1981 Murder Life 5 28 White Male 1981 09-16-2019
Billings, Warren K. California San Francisco 1916 1961 Murder Life 23 23 White Male 1939
Blanton, Robert H. III Louisiana Ascension Parish 1974 1980 Murder Life 6 Don't Know Male 1980
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
Calloway, Willie Michigan Wayne 1945 1953 Murder Life 8 18 Black Male 1953
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
Carroll, Francis M. Maine Oxford 1938 1950 Murder Life 12 42 White Male 1950
Chance, John H. Massachusetts Suffolk 1899 1911 Murder Life 12 31 Don't Know Male 1911
Clark, Charles Lee Michigan Wayne 1938 1968 Murder Life 30 39 Black Male 1968
Clark, Ephraim R. Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 35 White Male 1961
Cochran, John D. Indiana Wabash 1888 1890 Murder Life 2 White Male 1890
Connor, Myles Jr. Norfolk 1981 1985 Murder Life 4 32 White Male 1985
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
Dulin, William California Los Angeles 1933 1936 Murder Life 3 25 White Male 1936
Ellison, Ella Mae Massachusetts Suffolk 1974 1978 Murder Life 4 27 Black Female 1978
Emmett, George Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 3 35 White Male 1975
Favor, Jack Bossier Parish 1967 1974 Murder Life 7 52 White Male 1974
Foster, Locke Ohio Wyandot 1901 1914 Murder Life 13 33 White Male 1914 08-29-2022
Goodwin, Paul Oklahoma Seminole 1936 1969 Murder Life 32 21 White Male 1969
Grace, Frank Parky Massachusetts Bristol 1974 1988 Murder Life 11 29 Black Male 1985
Green, Nelson New York Orleans 1915 1918 Murder Life 3 19 White Male 1918
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
Hacker, Larry Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 27 White Male 1975
Hall, Lindberg Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 32 White Male 1961
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
Harpstrite, Valentine Illinois St. Clair 1929 1968 Murder Life 20 24 White Male 1949
Holbrook, Ernest Jr. Ohio Wayne 1982 1984 Murder Life 2 19 White Male 1984
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
Jenkins, Billy Richard Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 31 White Male 1975
Jenkins, Lonnie Michigan Wayne 1931 1940 Murder Life 9 28 White Male 1940
Jordano, Iorlando Louisiana Jefferson 1919 1920 Murder Life 2 68 White Male 1920 07-08-2020
Kuykendall, Sceola Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1961
Lesher, Harvey California Los Angeles 1928 1930 Murder Life 2 27 White Male 1930
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
Marsh, Guy Gordon Anne Arundel 1973 1987 Murder Life 14 25 White Male 1987
McMullen, Edward Ohio Miami 1956 1965 Murder Life 10 28 White Male 1965
Merritt, George New Jersey Union 1968 1980 Murder Life 11 24 Black Male 1980
Montgomery, James Lake 1924 1949 Sexual Assault Life 26 30 Black Male 1949
Noble, Michelle Texas El Paso 1986 1988 Child Sex Abuse Life 2 34 White Female 1988 01-31-2020
Pianezzi, Peter California Los Angeles 1940 1966 Murder Life 13 35 White Male 1953
Powell, James Hoyt Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 35 White Male 1975
Prevost, Lloyd Michigan Macomb 1920 1930 Murder Life 11 24 White Male 1930
Rivera, Miguel Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1974 1987 Murder Life 8 25 Hispanic Male 1983
Roberts, Charles Georgia Cobb 1975 1975 Murder Life 1 White Male 1975
Robinson, Van Bering New Mexico Bernalillo 1981 1983 Murder Life 2 22 Black Male 1983
Rucker, Herman Ray Ohio Wayne 1982 1983 Murder Life 1 26 White Male 1983
Ruff, Alton Wayne Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 25 White Male 1975
Santos, Jorge de los New Jersey Essex 1975 1983 Murder Life 8 30 Hispanic Male 1983
Seaton, Terry New Mexico Eddy 1973 1980 Murder Life 6 21 Black Male 1979
Stain, David Maine Penobscot 1888 1900 Murder Life 13 White Male 1900
Sullivan, Donald Jr. Michigan Wayne 1975 1982 Murder Life 7 22 Black Male 1982 05-15-2020
Teter, Danie Lee Ohio Summit 1976 1978 Murder Life 2 30 White Male 1978 09-16-2019
Thrower, Allen Ohio Franklin 1973 1978 Murder Life 5 23 Black Male 1978
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
Veres, Rose Michigan Wayne 1931 1945 Murder Life 14 48 White Female 1945 11-27-2017
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