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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbitt, Joseph | North Carolina | Forsyth | 1995 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 14 | 31 | Black | Male | 2009 | 09-01-2011 | ||
| Alford, John | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 1975 | 1976 | Murder | Death | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 1976 | 07-13-2022 | ||
| Allen, Derrick | North Carolina | Durham | 1999 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 43 3/4 to 54 years | 11 | 19 | Black | Male | 2010 | 12-16-2021 | |
| Amerson, Quincy | North Carolina | Harnett | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 24 | Black | Male | 2024 | 05-19-2024 | ||
| Arnold, William Jr. | Tennessee | Davidson | 2013 | 2020 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 7 | 38 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2020 | 09-07-2020 |
| Bailey, Darryl | Tennessee | Shelby | 1994 | 2000 | Murder | Life | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 2000 | 03-10-2014 | ||
| Bargery, Joshua | Tennessee | Lake | 2015 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 7 | 20 | White | Male | 2022 | 02-01-2023 | ||
| Benton, John | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 1942 | 1943 | Assault | Term of Years | 15 years | 1 | 15 | Black | Male | 1943 | 04-01-2021 | |
| Blackmon, James | North Carolina | Wake | 1988 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 32 | 26 | Black | Male | 2019 | 09-03-2019 | ||
| Bowles, Joe | North Carolina | Surry | 1919 | 1921 | Murder | Death | 2 | White | Male | 1921 | 09-30-2022 | |||
| Bridgeman, Walter | North Carolina | Davidson | 1932 | 1935 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 1935 | ||
| Brown, Keith | North Carolina | Wilson | 1993 | 1999 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 35 years | 4 | 25 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Brown, Knolly Jr. | North Carolina | Edgecomb | 2009 | 2016 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 5 to 6 3/4 years | 4 | 37 | Black | Male | 2013 | 10-26-2016 | |
| Bumpass, Angel | Tennessee | Hamilton | 2019 | 2023 | Murder | Life | 3 | 13 | Black | Female | 2022 | 10-09-2023 | ||
| Busby, William | Tennessee | Lewis | 2003 | 2019 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 20 years | 16 | 28 | White | Male | 2019 | 12-13-2019 | |
| Butler, Robert | Tennessee | Knox | 1977 | 1995 | Sexual Assault | Life | 16 | 34 | Black | Male | 1993 | 12-08-2014 | ||
| Carey, Anthony | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 1973 | 1974 | Murder | Death | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 1974 | 10-05-2021 | ||
| Carver, Mark | North Carolina | Gaston | 2011 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 8 | 39 | White | Male | 2019 | 2019 | 08-23-2022 | |
| Chavis, Benjamin Jr. | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 34 years | 8 | 23 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1981 | 11-17-2016 |
| Clark, Carey | North Carolina | Avery | 1996 | 1998 | Murder | Life | 2 | 37 | White | Male | 1998 | 1998 | 09-14-2015 | |
| Cotton, Ronald | North Carolina | Alamance | 1985 | 1995 | Sexual Assault | Life | 10 | 22 | Black | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Crotts, Mark | North Carolina | Alamance | 1992 | 1997 | Murder | Life without parole | 2 | 21 | White | Male | 1994 | 11-21-2024 | ||
| Dail, Dwayne Allen | North Carolina | Wayne | 1989 | 2007 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 18 | 17 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Daniels, Erick | North Carolina | Durham | 2001 | 2008 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 to 14 years | 7 | 14 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Dunn, Charlie | Tennessee | Davidson | 1988 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 26 | 43 | Black | Male | 2015 | 01-24-2022 | ||
| Epps, Reginald | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 28 years | 8 | 17 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Evans, Timothy | North Carolina | Durham | 2009 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 13 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 2022 | 03-07-2024 |
| Forbes, Douglas | Tennessee | Washington | 1975 | 1980 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 50 years | 5 | 34 | White | Male | 1980 | ||
| Fowler, Victor | North Carolina | Davidson | 1932 | 1935 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 1935 | ||
| Garner, Terence | North Carolina | Johnston | 1998 | 2002 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 32 to 43 years | 4 | 16 | Black | Male | 1998 | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Garrett, Claude | Tennessee | Davidson | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 35 | White | Male | 2022 | 06-21-2022 | ||
| Grant, Israel | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 2007 | 2019 | Robbery | Term of Years | 18 1/2 to 23 7/8 years | 8 | 19 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2016 | 02-04-2019 |
| Green, James | Tennessee | Maury | 2006 | 2008 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 16 years | 2 | 46 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 |
| Grimes, Willie | North Carolina | Catawba | 1988 | 2012 | Sexual Assault | Life | 24 | 41 | Black | Male | 2012 | 10-08-2012 | ||
| Hefner, Cecil | North Carolina | Burke | 1920 | 1921 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 years | 0 | White | Male | 1921 | |||
| Hoffman, Jonathon | North Carolina | Union | 1996 | 2007 | Murder | Death | 11 | 41 | Black | Male | 2006 | 2007 | 08-31-2011 | |
| Horne, Joe | North Carolina | Davidson | 1932 | 1935 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 1935 | ||
| House, Paul G. | Tennessee | Union | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 22 | 23 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Housler, David Jr. | Tennessee | Montgomery | 1997 | 2014 | Murder | Life without parole | 13 | 19 | White | Male | 2010 | 12-03-2014 | ||
| Hunt, Darryl | North Carolina | Forsyth | 1985 | 2004 | Murder | Life | 18 | 19 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Hunt, Darryl | North Carolina | Forsyth | 1987 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 1987 | 12-30-2023 | |
| Jacobs, Jerry | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Jean, Lesly | North Carolina | Onslow | 1982 | 1991 | Sexual Assault | Life | 9 | 22 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Langley, Gus | North Carolina | Buncombe | 1932 | 1936 | Murder | Death | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1934 | |||
| Matthews, Ernest | North Carolina | Duplin | 1993 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2000 | 10-26-2016 |
| McCormick, Michael Lee | Tennessee | Jefferson | 1987 | 2007 | Murder | Death | 16 | 32 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| McEachern, Toney | North Carolina | Robeson | 1993 | 1998 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 5 | 34 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1998 | 09-02-2015 | |
| McElwrath, John | Tennessee | Weakley | 1903 | 1915 | Murder | Death | 12 | Black | Male | 1915 | ||||
| McInnis, Edward | North Carolina | Scotland | 1988 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Life | 27 | 27 | Black | Male | 2015 | 08-15-2015 | ||
| McKinney, Lawrence | Tennessee | Shelby | 1978 | 2009 | Sexual Assault | Life | 100 years | 31 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McKoy, James | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 17 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| McMillan, Clark Jerome | Tennessee | Shelby | 1980 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Life | 22 | 22 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Mills, Randall | Tennessee | Marshall | 2000 | 2014 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 20 years | 11 | 43 | White | Male | 2011 | 04-08-2014 | |
| Moore, Wayne | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Moreno, Noe | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 2007 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 to 22 years | 5 | 26 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 09-03-2012 | |
| Moses, Pamela | Tennessee | Shelby | 2021 | 2022 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 6 years | 0 | 41 | Black | Female | 2022 | 04-29-2022 | |
| Pack, Phillip | Tennessee | Campbell | 2010 | 2013 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 4 | 23 | White | Male | 2011 | 2013 | 02-25-2014 |
| Palmer, Sylvian | North Carolina | Davidson | 1932 | 1935 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 1935 | ||
| Parker, Michael | North Carolina | Henderson | 1994 | 2014 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 21 | 35 | White | Male | 2010 | 2014 | 08-25-2014 | |
| Parrott, Lemuel | North Carolina | Lenoir | 1947 | 1948 | Murder | Death | 1 | 27 | Don't Know | Male | 1948 | |||
| Patrick, Marvin | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Pierpoint, Jonathan Scott | North Carolina | Madison | 1992 | 2010 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 18 | 28 | White | Male | 1996 | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Rivera, Alfred | North Carolina | Forsyth | 1997 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 2 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Sandy, Barshiri | North Carolina | Wake | 2014 | 2016 | Robbery | Term of Years | 21 years | 2 | 32 | Black | Male | 2016 | 08-06-2016 | |
| Shaw, Willie Jr. | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 2016 | 2021 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 8 2/3 to 11 5/12 | 5 | 43 | Black | Male | 2019 | 2021 | 02-16-2021 |
| Shelton, Horace | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2012 | 2014 | Forgery | Term of Years | 10 7/12 to 13 1/2 years | 2 | 51 | Black | Male | 2014 | 11-28-2016 | |
| Shepard, Ann | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 15 years | 5 | 33 | White | Female | 1975 | 1978 | 11-17-2016 |
| Sherman, David | Tennessee | McMinn | 1907 | 1911 | Murder | Death | 3 | Black | Male | 1911 | ||||
| Shreve, Thomas | North Carolina | Onslow | 1988 | 1989 | Threats | Probation | 0 | 31 | White | Male | 1988 | 04-14-2015 | ||
| Sledge, Joseph | North Carolina | Bladen | 1978 | 2015 | Murder | Life | 36 | 34 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2015 | 01-23-2015 | |
| Smith, Sylvester | North Carolina | Brunswick | 1984 | 2004 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 20 | 32 | Black | Male | 2004 | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Snipes, Steven | North Carolina | Lee | 1998 | 2003 | Robbery | Term of Years | 7 years and 6 months | 5 | 35 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Spicer, Christopher | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1973 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 1 | 24 | Don't Know | Male | 1975 | |||
| Surpris, Henry | North Carolina | Wake | 2014 | 2016 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 2 | 34 | Black | Male | 2016 | 08-10-2016 | |
| Taylor, Gregory | North Carolina | Wake | 1993 | 2010 | Murder | Life | 17 | 29 | White | Male | 1998 | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Tears, Jonathan | Tennessee | Marshall | 2009 | 2014 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 5 | 29 | Black | Male | 2014 | 08-27-2014 | |
| Tindall, Connie | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 31 years | 8 | 21 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Turner, Laronda | Tennessee | Shelby | 2019 | 2024 | Murder | Life | 5 | 23 | Black | Female | 2024 | 04-19-2024 | ||
| Vann, Gussie | Tennessee | McMinn | 1994 | 2011 | Murder | Death | 0 | 40 | White | Male | 1994 | 03-13-2012 | ||
| Vereen, Willie | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 17 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Walker, Lon | Tennessee | Putnam | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 15 | 43 | White | Male | 2011 | 2012 | 11-30-2015 |
| Waters, Leo | North Carolina | Onslow | 1982 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Life | 21 | 30 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Watkins, Joyce | Tennessee | Davidson | 1988 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 27 | 39 | Black | Female | 2015 | 01-24-2022 | ||
| Webster, Joseph | Tennessee | Davidson | 2006 | 2020 | Murder | Life | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2020 | 11-30-2020 | |
| Worden, George IV | Tennessee | Sumner | 2020 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 60 days | 0 | 28 | White | Male | 2020 | 08-16-2024 | |
| Wright, William Jr. | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |