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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McSherry, Leonard | California | Los Angeles | 1988 | 2001 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 48 years | 13 | 37 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Mellen, Susan | California | Los Angeles | 1998 | 2014 | Murder | Life without parole | 16 | 42 | White | Female | 2014 | 10-10-2014 | ||
| Mellory, Jesse | California | Fresno | 1931 | 1932 | Robbery | Unknown | 0 | White | Male | 1932 | ||||
| Mellory, Sumner | California | Fresno | 1931 | 1932 | Robbery | Unknown | 0 | White | Male | 1932 | ||||
| Mendival, Salvador | California | Los Angeles | 1922 | 1924 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 to 10 years | 2 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1924 | ||
| Mikes, Melvin | California | Los Angeles | 1985 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 7 | 19 | Black | Male | 1992 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Milla, Marco | California | Los Angeles | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 12 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2014 | 09-07-2016 | ||
| Miranda, Adam | California | Los Angeles | 1983 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 0 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1983 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Mooney, Thomas J. | California | San Francisco | 1917 | 1939 | Murder | Death | 22 | 24 | White | Male | 1939 | |||
| Moore, Joanna | California | Alameda | 1993 | 1994 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 14 | White | Female | 1994 | 10-24-2023 | ||
| Moore, Joshua | California | Orange | 1999 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 12 years | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-03-2012 | |
| Moreno, David | California | Solano | 1998 | 2000 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 05-31-2013 | ||
| Moreno, Tony Jr. | California | Los Angeles | 2014 | 2016 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 years | 2 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 2016 | 12-19-2017 |
| Navarro, David | California | Orange | 1982 | 1986 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 19 years | 4 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1986 | 10-29-2024 | |
| O'Hearn, Patrick | California | Marin | 2018 | 2021 | Other Violent Felony | Probation | 0 | 55 | White | Male | 2018 | 11-08-2021 | ||
| Ortiz, Armando Rodriguez | California | Fresno | 2003 | 2007 | Murder | Life | 0 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ortiz, Juan | California | Los Angeles | 2005 | 2010 | Fraud | Term of Years | 5 years | 1 | 44 | Hispanic | Male | 2006 | 06-30-2013 | |
| Owens, Aaron | California | Alameda | 1973 | 1981 | Murder | Life | 8 | 29 | Black | Male | 1981 | |||
| Palacios, Lombardo | California | Los Angeles | 2009 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 15 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2024 | 02-03-2025 | |
| Pallares, Jose | California | Orange | 2005 | 2008 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 05-21-2017 | |
| Patterson, Stephen | California | Los Angeles | 2007 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to life | 17 | 18 | Black | Male | 2024 | 04-11-2024 | |
| Perez, Jose | California | Ventura | 2012 | 2019 | Robbery | Term of Years | 13 years | 7 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 10-29-2019 | |
| Perez, Richard | California | Orange | 2001 | 2001 | Robbery | Not Sentenced | 1 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 07-29-2012 | ||
| Persico, Charles | California | Los Angeles | 1981 | 1986 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | 37 | Hispanic | Male | 1984 | ||
| Pianezzi, Peter | California | Los Angeles | 1940 | 1966 | Murder | Life | 13 | 35 | White | Male | 1953 | |||
| Pineda, Lisa | California | Los Angeles | 2005 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 to life | 4 | 26 | Hispanic | Female | 2008 | 02-21-2015 | |
| Pleytez, Charlotte | California | Los Angeles | 2009 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 15 | 20 | Hispanic | Female | 2024 | 02-03-2025 | |
| Poulos, Michelle | California | Los Angeles | 2001 | 2017 | Threats | Term of Years | 2 years | 2 | 33 | White | Female | 2003 | 02-28-2017 | |
| Preston, James W. | California | Los Angeles | 1925 | 1926 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 11 years to life | 1 | 24 | White | Male | 1926 | ||
| Quindt, David | California | Sacramento | 1999 | 2000 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 21 | White | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Randle, Raymond Jr. | California | San Francisco | 1980 | 1982 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 years | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1980 | 06-30-2020 | |
| Reno, Ronald | California | Fresno | 1997 | 2002 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 5 | 32 | White | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Richards, William | California | San Bernardino | 1997 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 19 | 43 | White | Male | 2007 | 2016 | 07-01-2016 |
| Rivera, Antonio | California | San Bernadino | 1975 | 1975 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 27 | Hispanic | Male | 1975 | |||
| Roberts, Horace | California | Riverside | 1999 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to life | 19 | 40 | Black | Male | 2018 | 10-18-2018 | |
| Robles, Willie | California | San Diego | 1991 | 1991 | Robbery | Not Sentenced | 0 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 10-04-2012 | ||
| Rocha, Mario | California | Los Angeles | 1998 | 2008 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 to Life | 8 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Rodriguez, Jeffrey | California | Santa Clara | 2003 | 2007 | Robbery | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 4 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Rohan, Phil | California | Los Angeles | 1928 | 1930 | Murder | Life | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 1930 | |||
| Rollin, Joseph Pierre | California | Humboldt | 2004 | 2008 | Dependent Adult Abuse | Term of Years | 8 years | 3 | 45 | White | Male | 2008 | 07-17-2013 | |
| Sagin, Jack | California | Monterey | 1986 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 33 | 39 | White | Male | 2011 | 2019 | 10-25-2019 | |
| Saldana, Daniel | California | Los Angeles | 1990 | 2023 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 45 to Life | 33 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 2023 | 06-05-2023 |
| Shull, George Edward | California | Santa Clara | 1989 | 2009 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 years | 3 | 30 | White | Male | 2006 | 1992 | 08-29-2011 |
| Simmons, Tommy III | California | Los Angeles | 1998 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 5 | 35 | Black | Male | 2003 | 01-25-2014 | ||
| Sims, Lennie Darrold | California | Los Angeles | 1992 | 1994 | Robbery | Term of Years | 7 years | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 1992 | 05-01-2013 | |
| Smith, Colin | California | San Mateo | 2014 | 2016 | Assault | Not Sentenced | 0 | 42 | White | Male | 2014 | 06-27-2016 | ||
| Smith, John Edward | California | Los Angeles | 1994 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 18 | 18 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2012 | 09-24-2012 | |
| Sommer, Cynthia | California | San Diego | 2007 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 1 | 28 | White | Female | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Soto, Abel | California | Los Angeles | 2007 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 72 years and 8 months | 16 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2024 | 03-11-2024 | |
| Taggart, Moonshadow | California | Kern | 2016 | 2019 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 7 years and 8 months | 2 | 34 | White | Female | 2018 | 01-28-2020 | |
| Thomas, Cherice | California | Los Angeles | 2009 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 3 | 18 | Black | Female | 2012 | 11-05-2013 | |
| Tomlin, Charles | California | Kern | 1979 | 1994 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 16 | 26 | Black | Male | 1986 | 1994 | 07-29-2012 |
| Torres, Alexander | California | Los Angeles | 2001 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 to Life | 20 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2021 | 06-21-2022 | |
| Turnbough, Zedrick | California | Orange | 2015 | 2018 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 36 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-26-2019 | |
| Turner, Kenneth | California | Sacramento | 1995 | 1995 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 1995 | 12-08-2014 | ||
| Vargas, Luis | California | Los Angeles | 1999 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 55 years | 16 | 29 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 11-30-2015 | |
| Vindiola, Bernard | California | Fresno | 1977 | 1979 | Murder | Term of Years | 5 years to life | 3 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1979 | ||
| Walker, Quedillis Ricardo | California | Santa Clara | 1991 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 26 to Life | 12 | 34 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 |
| Walpole, Merla | California | San Bernadino | 1975 | 1975 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 26 | Hispanic | Female | 1975 | |||
| Washington, Brandon | California | Sacramento | 2013 | 2023 | Assault | Term of Years | 8 years | 2 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 04-22-2024 | |
| Weiner, Murray | California | San Diego | 1994 | 1996 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 2 | 65 | White | Male | 1996 | 03-16-2013 | ||
| Wenger, Braden | California | Contra Costa | 2015 | 2016 | Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor | Term of Years | 25 days | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 2015 | 02-07-2017 | |
| Wiley, Kelvin | California | San Diego | 1990 | 1992 | Assault | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 1992 | 09-07-2012 |
| Willis, James | California | Sacramento | 1927 | 1927 | Robbery | Term of Years | 5 years to life | 0 | 27 | Don't Know | Male | 1927 | ||
| Willis, Patrick | California | Alameda | 2013 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 28 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-18-2021 | ||
| Wood, Sidney | California | Los Angeles | 1924 | 1925 | Robbery | Term of Years | 5 years to life | 1 | White | Male | 1925 | |||
| Woods, William | California | Los Angeles | 2021 | 2024 | Fraud | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 51 | White | Male | 2023 | 2021 | 04-21-2024 |