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: 178
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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
Adams, Jarrett M. Wisconsin Jefferson 2000 2007 Sexual Assault Term of Years 28 years 7 17 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
Ahmed, Mubarez Michigan Wayne 2002 2018 Murder Term of Years 44 to 60 years 16 31 Other Male 2016 2018 10-31-2018
Alexander, Brian Michigan Ingham 2015 2017 Child Sex Abuse Not Sentenced 0 31 White Male 2015 10-25-2017
Alford, Herbert Michigan Ingham 2016 2020 Murder Term of Years 32 years five months to 62 years five months 3 38 Black Male 2020 01-29-2021
Ambler, Peter Wisconsin Rock 1987 1989 Murder Life 2 24 White Male 1989 11-13-2012
Armstrong, Ralph Wisconsin Dane 1981 2009 Murder Life 28 27 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Armstrong, Richard Michigan Otsego 2006 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 14 to 30 years 6 25 White Male 2011 04-12-2012
Avery, William Wisconsin Milwaukee 2005 2010 Murder Term of Years 40 years 5 25 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Awe, Joseph Wisconsin Marquette 2007 2013 Arson Term of Years 3 years 5 36 White Male 2013 05-08-2013
Baugh, Jimmie Michigan Wayne 2003 2023 Murder Life without parole 0 35 Black Male 2003 01-16-2024
Berry, Gregory Michigan Wayne 2004 2020 Murder Life without parole 16 20 White Male 2016 2020 02-08-2021
Bintz, David Wisconsin Brown 2000 2024 Murder Life without parole 24 32 White Male 2024 10-11-2024
Bintz, Robert Wisconsin Brown 2000 2024 Murder Life without parole 24 31 White Male 2024 10-11-2024
Bolstad, Daniel Wisconsin La Crosse 2007 2015 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 years 7 37 White Male 2012 2014 02-13-2015
Brim, Dominique Michigan Wayne 2002 2002 Assault Not Sentenced 0 14 Black Female 2002 08-29-2011
Bruner, Carl II Michigan Wayne 2014 2020 Murder Life without parole 5 29 Black Male 2020 2020 04-02-2020
Burrowes, Christopher Wisconsin Milwaukee 2007 2009 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 3 years 2 21 Black Male 2009 2009 11-06-2012
Burton, Danny Michigan Wayne 1987 2019 Murder Life without parole 32 19 Black Male 2005 2019 12-13-2019
Calloway, Willie Michigan Wayne 1945 1953 Murder Life 8 18 Black Male 1953
Canter, Mark Michigan Otsego 1988 1996 Accessory to Murder Life 7 22 White Male 1989 1996 08-29-2011
Carter, Quentin Michigan Kent 1992 2015 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 to 20 years 17 16 Black Male 2002 2008 06-25-2015
Carver, Michael Michigan Kalamazoo 2015 2020 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 50 years 3 50 Black Male 2018 05-27-2021
Chancellor, Darell Michigan Wayne 2012 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 14 1/4 to 30 years 7 29 Black Male 2020 05-18-2020
Christian, Kino Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 29 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Clark, Alphonso Michigan Wayne 2005 2023 Murder Life without parole 17 23 Black Male 2022 2023 05-30-2023
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
Clark, George Michigan Wayne 2003 2020 Murder Life without parole 17 31 Black Male 2006 2020 04-30-2020
Clark, Paul Jr. Michigan Wayne 1987 2024 Murder Life without parole 37 19 Black Male 2024 08-07-2024
Cleary, Mark Michigan Macomb 1989 2005 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 to 30 years 16 27 White Male 1997 2004 08-29-2011
Corbine, Maurice Wisconsin Sawyer 2011 2015 Traffic Offense Term of Years 6 years 4 30 Native American Male 2015 01-10-2017
Cotton, Marvin Michigan Wayne 2001 2020 Murder Life without parole 19 21 Black Male 2010 2020 10-26-2020
Craighead, Mark Michigan Wayne 2002 2022 Manslaughter Term of Years 5 years and 4 months to 17 years 7 38 Black Male 2009 08-17-2022
Cristini, Michael Michigan Macomb 1991 2004 Sexual Assault Term of Years 44 to 60 years 12 26 White Male DK 2003 08-29-2011
Dale, Nathaniel Michigan Berrien 2006 2008 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 2 to 20 years 3 26 Black Male 2008 09-13-2022
Davis, Donya Michigan Wayne 2007 2014 Sexual Assault Term of Years 22 years 7 28 Black Male 2014 11-11-2014
Deering, Juwan Michigan Oakland 2006 2021 Murder Life without parole 15 29 Black Male 2021 10-15-2021
DeJesus, George Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life 24 18 Hispanic Male 2022 04-01-2022
DeJesus, Melvin Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life 24 21 Hispanic Male 2022 04-01-2022
Donaldson, Elwin Wisconsin Dane 1982 1982 Robbery Not Sentenced 0 27 Black Male 1982 11-02-2022
Edwards, Dartanion Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 19 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Edwards, Joshun Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 27 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Fagan, James Michigan Genesee 1988 1998 Child Sex Abuse Life 8 36 Black Male 1996 05-20-2020
Fisher, Gregory Michigan Wayne 2002 2017 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 to 30 years 15 49 Black Male 2017 04-18-2017
Forbes, Walter Michigan Jackson 1983 2020 Murder Life without parole 38 25 Black Male 2017 2020 12-12-2020
Frey, Joseph Wisconsin Winnebago 1994 2013 Sexual Assault Life 19 31 White Male 2013 07-12-2013
Gaines, Lynie Michigan Wayne 1990 1997 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 10 to 30 years 7 36 Black Male 1997 08-29-2011
Gavin, Willie Wisconsin Kenosha 1997 2014 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 8 years 5 35 Black Male 2001 2002 06-16-2015
Glatfelter, Desirae Michigan Kent 2017 2020 Assault Term of Years 1 year 1 29 Black Female 2018 07-13-2020
Gonzalez, Esteban Wisconsin Milwaukee 2008 2011 Other Nonviolent Felony Term of Years 1 year and 6 months 0 28 Hispanic Male 2008 07-26-2021
Goodman, Warren Wisconsin Milwaukee 1994 2007 Robbery Term of Years 22 years 12 30 Black Male 2007 07-10-2014
Green, Ernest Wisconsin Walworth 2016 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 10 years 6 29 Black Male 2022 03-19-2022
Grissom, James Michigan St. Clair 2003 2012 Sexual Assault Term of Years 15 to 35 years 9 43 White Male 2012 11-19-2012
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
Hadaway, Sammy Wisconsin Milwaukee 1996 2018 Attempt, Violent Term of Years 5 years 3 20 Black Male 1999 10-09-2018
Hall, Lindberg Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 32 White Male 1961
Hamilton, Lacino Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Term of Years 52 to 82 years 25 19 Black Male 2020 10-26-2020
Hardy, Vance Michigan Wayne 1924 1951 Murder Life 29 30 White Male 1953
Harrington, Kevin Michigan Wayne 2003 2020 Murder Life without parole 17 20 Black Male 2006 2020 04-30-2020
Hatchett, Nathaniel Michigan Macomb 1998 2008 Sexual Assault Term of Years 25 to 40 years 10 17 Black Male 2008 08-29-2011
Heineman, Alex Wisconsin St. Croix 2017 2019 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 16 White Male 2019 2017 11-12-2020
Heistand, Donald Michigan Otsego 1989 2002 Accessory to Murder Term of Years 3 to 5 years 2 29 White Male 1995 1991 01-19-2012
Hickey, Kainte Michigan Wayne 2008 2024 Murder Life without parole 15 29 Black Male 2023 05-13-2024
Highers, Raymond Michigan Wayne 1988 2013 Murder Life without parole 24 20 White Male 2012 09-25-2013
Highers, Thomas Michigan Wayne 1988 2013 Murder Life without parole 24 21 White Male 2012 09-25-2013
Hill, LaVone Michigan Wayne 2002 2024 Murder Life without parole 22 24 Native American Male 2024 11-01-2024
Hinton, C'Quan Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 17 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023
Hogan, Samuel Wisconsin Milwaukee 1995 1998 Sexual Assault Term of Years 6 years 3 49 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011
Holbrook, Matthew Michigan Wayne 2006 2009 Murder Term of Years 17 to 27 years 3 35 White Male 2009 07-05-2017
Howard, Bernard Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Life without parole 26 18 Black Male 2020 01-23-2021
Isham, Rommain Wisconsin Douglas 1990 2010 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 10 years 10 31 Native American Male 1993 2000 11-06-2012
Isho, Waleed Michigan Wayne 1990 2020 Attempted Murder Term of Years 8 to 20 years 13 21 White Male 2002 02-16-2021
Jackson, Raynard Wisconsin Milwaukee 2004 2009 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 5 years and 9 months 6 22 Black Male 2009 01-12-2017
Jaggar, Jesse Wisconsin Portage 2019 2023 Kidnapping Not Sentenced 0 39 White Male 2019 09-15-2023
Jenkins, LaWanda Michigan Wayne 2015 2019 Assault Probation 0 48 Black Female 2015 08-23-2019
Jenkins, Lonnie Michigan Wayne 1931 1940 Murder Life 9 28 White Male 1940
Johnson, Justly Michigan Wayne 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 19 24 Black Male 2002 2018 12-03-2018
Jones, Brenda Wisconsin Adams 2016 2018 Arson Term of Years 9 months 0 49 White Female 2016 11-15-2018
Jones, Elroy Lucky Michigan Wayne 2006 2014 Murder Life without parole 7 26 Black Male 2014 02-27-2014
Jones, Jerry Jamaal Wisconsin Rock 2010 2011 Assault Term of Years 2 years 1 24 Black Male 2011 04-15-2013
Jose, Terrence Michigan Oakland 2010 2014 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 40 years 4 32 Hispanic Male 2014 2014 07-18-2014
Khalil, Edward Michigan Wayne 2012 2020 Murder Life 8 28 Black Male 2020 08-04-2020
Kittilstad, Richard L. Wisconsin Eau Claire 2001 2007 Solicitation Term of Years 10 years 6 50 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
Kondos, Victor Wisconsin Brown 2010 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 9 years 2 37 White Male 2011 2012 06-14-2017
Kuykendall, Sceola Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1961
Kyles, Anthony Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life without parole 25 27 Black Male 2011 2022 10-29-2022
LaBatte, Beth Wisconsin Kewaunee 1997 2006 Murder Life 8 24 White Female 2006 08-29-2011
Lee, Martel Wisconsin Kenosha 2024 2025 Sexual Assault Not Sentenced 0 16 Black Male 2024 02-05-2025
Lee, William Michigan Wayne 2007 2010 Sexual Assault Term of Years 15 to 30 years 3 17 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Legion, Anthony Michigan Wayne 2001 2020 Murder Life without parole 19 27 Black Male 2010 2020 10-26-2020
Lewis, Ryan Michigan Wayne 2015 2018 Other Violent Felony Term of Years 10 to 25 years 3 45 Black Male 2017 03-18-2018
Logan, Ronald J. Michigan Wayne 1946 1959 Robbery Life 13 28 White Male 1959
Long, Christopher Michigan Wayne 2008 2008 Assault Term of Years 3 1/2 to 7 years 0 23 Black Male 2008 2008 08-29-2011
Love, Dwight Michigan Wayne 1982 2001 Murder Life 16 22 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011
Lugo, Gabriel Wisconsin Milwaukee 2009 2023 Murder Term of Years 30 years 14 19 Hispanic Male 2013 2023 06-16-2024
Luster, Albert Wisconsin Milwaukee 1990 1992 Child Sex Abuse Unknown 2 18 Black Male 1992 08-29-2011
Manzo-Diaz, Antonio Michigan Wayne 2016 2025 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 25 to 40 years 8 46 Hispanic Male 2025 05-01-2025
McCallum, Ronald Wisconsin Brown 1993 1997 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 months 1 White Male 1994 1993 07-26-2021
McCann, Raymond II Michigan St. Joseph 2015 2017 Perjury Term of Years 1 year and 8 months 1 45 White Male 2015 12-11-2017