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: 103
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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
Abbott, Stearns Kendall Massachusetts Middlesex 1880 1911 Murder Death 31 40 White Male 1911
Adams, Cheryl Massachusetts Essex 1989 1993 Theft Probation 0 26 White Female 1989 10-28-2014
Andrews, Herbert Massachusetts Suffolk 1914 1914 Forgery Term of Years 1.17 years 0 White Male 1914
Aviles, Anselmo Massachusetts Worcester 1989 1997 Sexual Assault Term of Years 16 to 18 years 8 22 Hispanic Male 1997 09-04-2012
Banks, Jerry Georgia Henry 1975 1980 Murder Death 6 23 Black Male 1980
Brown, Albert Massachusetts Suffolk 1987 2022 Murder Life without parole 35 32 Black Male 2022 05-01-2023
Bryan, Sheila Georgia Colquitt 1998 2000 Murder Life 0 43 White Female 1999 08-29-2011
Cameron, Ronjon Massachusetts Berkshire 2003 2015 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 to 16 years 12 52 White Male 1995 2015 12-02-2015
Campbell, Lori Georgia Douglas 2005 2007 Theft Probation 0 32 Black Female 2005 01-12-2018
Cash, Elgerie Georgia Paulding 2013 2019 Murder Life 1 45 White Female 2019 2014 05-12-2019
Cero, Gangi Massachusetts Suffolk 1927 1930 Murder Death 3 21 White Male 1930
Chambers, Anthony Massachusetts Suffolk 2009 2014 Manslaughter Term of Years 5 to 7 years 5 51 Black Male 2013 09-21-2016
Chance, John H. Massachusetts Suffolk 1899 1911 Murder Life 12 31 Don't Know Male 1911
Charles, Earl Patrick Georgia Chatham 1975 1978 Murder Death 3 21 Black Male 1978
Chiappini, Wayne Massachusetts Plymouth 2006 2010 Assault Term of Years 2 years and 6 months 1 48 White Male 2006 2007 09-30-2016
Chumley, Tom Edwin Georgia Columbia 2005 2009 Murder Life 4 52 White Male 2009 06-25-2013
Cifizzari, Gary Massachusetts Worcester 1984 2019 Murder Life without parole 35 23 White Male 2019 2019 01-08-2020
Coleman, Robert E. Georgia Clayton 1929 1933 Murder Life 4 21 White Male 1933
Collins, Benjamin Massachusetts Middlesex 1928 1928 Robbery Term of Years 2.5 to 3.5 years 0 48 Don't Know Male 1928
Conley, Kenneth Massachusetts Suffolk 1998 2005 Perjury Term of Years 2 years and 10 months 0 27 White Male 1998 08-29-2011
Correia, Ivano Massachusetts Plymouth 2014 2021 Other Violent Felony Term of Years 20 years 7 28 Black Male 2021 02-12-2022
Cosenza, Natale Massachusetts Worcester 2002 2017 Assault Term of Years 12 to 20 years 14 26 White Male 2016 11-29-2017
Cowans, Stephan Massachusetts Suffolk 1998 2004 Attempted Murder Term of Years 30 to 45 years 6 26 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Craig, Andrew Massachusetts Worcester 2005 2006 Assault Term of Years 2 years and 6 months 1 24 Black Male 2005 2006 10-06-2016
Creamer, James Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Death 3 41 White Male 1975
Cservak, Wayne Georgia Whitfield 1997 1997 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 years 1 21 White Male 1997 1997 08-29-2011
Czubryt, Robert Massachusetts Berkshire 2010 2016 Sexual Assault Term of Years 2 months 0 50 White Male 2010 04-30-2018
Dinning, Jack Georgia Rabun 1993 1997 Murder Life 4 38 White Male 1997 12-30-2013
Dudley, Herbert S. Massachusetts Suffolk 1911 1912 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 4 to 6 years 1 White Male 1912
Dwight, Nathan Christopher Georgia Rockdale 2010 2013 Robbery Life 1 21 Black Male 2011 11-08-2013
Earle, Margaret Massachusetts Plymouth 2005 2010 Murder Life 5 21 White Female 2010 02-23-2014
Echavarria, Angel Massachusetts Essex 1996 2015 Murder Life without parole 19 27 Hispanic Male 2015 06-20-2015
Echols, Douglas Georgia Chatham 1987 2002 Sexual Assault Term of Years 31 years 6 25 Black Male 1992 08-29-2011
Ellis, Burrell Georgia DeKalb 2015 2017 Perjury Term of Years 1 year and 6 months 1 54 Black Male 2016 02-23-2017
Ellis, Sean Massachusetts Suffolk 1995 2018 Murder Life 20 19 Black Male 2015 12-31-2018
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
Epps, Derick Massachusetts Essex 2007 2016 Child Abuse Term of Years 7 to 10 years 6 27 Black Male 2013 10-07-2018
Fields, John W. Massachusetts Essex 1892 1892 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 2.5 years 1 19 Don't Know Male 1892 01-18-2019
Fils, Roland Massachusetts Hampden 2008 2012 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 12 years 3 35 Black Male 2012 10-04-2016
Fitzgerald, John Massachusetts Suffolk 1904 1904 Sexual Assault Term of Years 3 to 5 years 0 22 White Male 1904
Foster, James Fulton Georgia Jackson 1956 1958 Murder Death 2 38 White Male 1958
Frazier, Bryan Massachusetts Suffolk 2004 2009 Possession of Stolen Property Term of Years 2 years and 6 months 2 20 White Male 2006 03-19-2018
Goodin, Anthony Georgia Lowndes 1988 1989 Murder Life without parole 1 22 White Male 1989 07-24-2024
Googe, Michael Georgia Glynn 2008 2015 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 2 years 7 26 White Male 2015 08-20-2015
Grace, Frank Parky Massachusetts Bristol 1974 1988 Murder Life 11 29 Black Male 1985
Guidetti, Kevin Massachusetts Plymouth 2010 2018 Assault Term of Years 59 days 0 52 White Male 2017 2010 02-21-2023
Gutierrez, Erasmo Massachusetts Essex 2004 2022 Arson Term of Years 1 to 2 years 2 39 Hispanic Male 2006 05-05-2023
Guzman, Humberto Massachusetts Suffolk 1992 1997 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 18 to 20 years 5 40 Hispanic Male 1997 08-29-2011
Hacker, Larry Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 27 White Male 1975
Haley, James Massachusetts Suffolk 1972 2008 Murder Life without parole 36 24 Black Male 2008 08-29-2011
Hamilton, Marlina Georgia Dougherty 2011 2020 Murder Life 6 33 Black Female 2016 07-31-2020
Hamilton, Tilfor Massachusetts Suffolk 2012 2016 Assault Term of Years 5 years 4 32 Hispanic Male 2016 04-09-2018
Harrison, Clarence Georgia DeKalb 1987 2004 Sexual Assault Life 17 27 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Jacobson, Barry Massachusetts Berkshire 1983 2022 Arson Term of Years 6 months 1 38 White Male 1985 04-05-2022
Jenkins, Billy Richard Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 31 White Male 1975
Johnson, Calvin Jr. Georgia Clayton 1983 1999 Sexual Assault Life 16 25 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Johnson, Don Massachusetts Worcester 1994 2022 Sexual Assault Term of Years 1 year 0 28 Black Male 1995 01-07-2025
Johnson, Lawyer Massachusetts Suffolk 1972 1982 Murder Death 10 20 Black Male 1982
Johnson, Timothy Georgia Houston 1984 2013 Murder Life 29 22 Black Male 2013 12-11-2013
Jones, Milton Massachusetts Suffolk 1976 2022 Murder Life 14 23 Black Male 1990 01-03-2023
LaFratta, Joseph Massachusetts Essex 2009 2010 Forgery Term of Years 2 years 1 33 White Male 2010 02-15-2018
Leaster, Bobby Joe Massachusetts Suffolk 1971 1986 Murder Life 16 21 Black Male 1986
Leverett, Ron Georgia Hart 1993 1994 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 29 Black Male 1994 08-29-2011
Maher, Dennis Massachusetts Middlesex 1984 2003 Sexual Assault Life 19 22 White Male 2003 08-29-2011
Marshall, Michael Georgia Fulton 2008 2009 Robbery Term of Years 4 years 2 41 Black Male 2009 08-29-2011
Mazza, Anthony Massachusetts Suffolk 1973 2021 Murder Life without parole 47 25 White Male 1977 2020 06-13-2021
McManus, John Massachusetts Suffolk 1911 1912 Robbery Term of Years 3 years 1 Don't Know Male 1912
Mitchell, Marvin Massachusetts Suffolk 1990 1997 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 9 to 25 years 7 21 Black Male 1997 08-29-2011
Moore, Sedrick Georgia Colquitt 2002 2023 Sexual Assault Term of Years 50 years 21 17 Black Male 2023 10-13-2023
O'Laughlin, Michael Massachusetts Berkshire 2002 2010 Attempted Murder Term of Years 35 to 50 years 7 35 White Male 2009 09-02-2020
O'Loughlin, Kevin Massachusetts Middlesex 1983 2015 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 4 to 6 years 4 19 White Male 1986 12-29-2016
Passley, Marlon Massachusetts Suffolk 1996 2000 Murder Life 3 23 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Peralta, David Georgia DeKalb 2001 2013 Murder Life 12 23 Hispanic Male 2002 2013 09-19-2013
Perry, Dennis Georgia Camden 2003 2021 Murder Life without parole 17 23 White Male 2020 08-09-2021
Phinney, Roland Jr. Massachusetts Middlesex 1990 2008 Murder Life 16 36 White Male 2006 08-29-2011
Powell, James Hoyt Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 35 White Male 1975
Qualls, Ronnie Massachusetts Suffolk 1993 2020 Murder Life 26 20 Black Male 2019 09-21-2020
Ralston, Sean Massachusetts Middlesex 1989 1992 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 to 15 years 3 18 White Male 1991 10-25-2014
Randolph, Guy Massachusetts Suffolk 1991 2008 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 years 10 33 Black Male 2001 03-30-2014
Reissfelder, George Massachusetts Suffolk 1967 1982 Murder Life 10 26 White Male 1977
Roberts, Charles Georgia Cobb 1975 1975 Murder Life 1 White Male 1975
Rubin, Jerome Massachusetts Middlesex 2010 2016 Arson Term of Years 2 years 1 48 White Male 2011 05-31-2016
Ruff, Alton Wayne Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 25 White Male 1975
Scott, Samuel Georgia Chatham 1987 2002 Sexual Assault Life 14 28 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Shaughnessy, Eric Massachusetts Suffolk 1997 1998 Assault Term of Years 5 years 1 21 White Male 1997 10-07-2012
Smigielski, Amy Massachusetts Hampden 2009 2012 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 1 year and 6 months 1 37 White Female 2011 11-06-2017
Stinchcomb, Mario Georgia Fulton 2004 2021 Murder Life without parole 17 22 Black Male 2021 05-06-2021
Sullivan, Michael Massachusetts Middlesex 1987 2019 Murder Life without parole 26 25 White Male 2013 03-07-2019
Swanagan, Leonard Georgia Cobb 2011 2012 Sex Offender Registration Term of Years 1 year 1 54 Black Male 2012 07-02-2014
Taylor, Harold Massachusetts Suffolk 1927 1927 Robbery Term of Years 4 to 7 years 0 Don't Know Male 1927
Usher, Cornelius Massachusetts Essex 1902 1904 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 3 to 5 years 2 Don't Know Male 1904
Vargas-Cintron, Johnny Massachusetts Middlesex 2011 2013 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 7 years 2 34 Hispanic Male 2013 11-08-2013
Velasquez, Eduardo Massachusetts Hampden 1988 2001 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 to 18 years 13 21 Hispanic Male 2001 08-29-2011
Wallace, Robert Georgia Baldwin 1980 1987 Murder Death 7 29 Black Male 1987
Wanzer, Terry Lee Georgia Clayton 1973 1991 Sexual Assault Life 8 20 White Male 1981 08-29-2011
Ward, Joseph Massachusetts Suffolk 1895 1896 Theft Term of Years 5 years 1 20 Don't Know Male 1896
Ware, Melonie Georgia DeKalb 2005 2009 Murder Life 1 30 Black Female 2006 10-11-2011
Weathington, Jennifer Georgia Paulding 2013 2019 Murder Life 1 19 White Female 2019 2014 05-12-2019
Weichel, Fred Massachusetts Norfolk 1981 2017 Murder Life without parole 36 28 White Male 2017 08-10-2017