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: 118
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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Term of Years Years lost Age Race Sex Date of Release Posting Date
Adams, Don Ray Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1992 2011 Murder Life 19 32 Black Male 2011 03-13-2012
Aina, Andre Pennsylvania Centre 2015 2020 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 to 6 years 4 22 Black Male 2020 04-06-2020
Ash, Steven Oregon Multnomah 2012 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 54 White Male 2012 12-09-2016
Bain, Fredrick Oregon Malheur 2009 2020 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 years and 3 months 5 29 White Male 2014 08-28-2020
Baker, Edward Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1974 2002 Murder Life 25 17 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Begay, Wilson Oregon Wasco 2018 2021 Other Probation 0 49 Native American Male 2018 09-20-2021
Bell, James Jr. Pennsylvania Lancaster 2008 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 2 to 5 years 2 27 Black Male 2010 06-18-2014
Berry, Johnny Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1995 2019 Murder Life without parole 23 16 Black Male 2018 06-27-2019
Bilger, George Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1938 1940 Murder Death 2 19 White Male 1940 10-25-2021
Boots, Christopher Oregon Lane 1987 1995 Murder Term of Years 20 to Life 8 19 White Male 1994 08-29-2011
Bostick, Yeidja Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1990 1993 Manslaughter Term of Years 5 to 10 years 3 21 Black Female 1993 11-10-2014
Branson, William Oregon Yamhill 1916 1920 Murder Life 5 23 White Male 1920
Brison, Dale Pennsylvania Chester 1991 1994 Sexual Assault Term of Years 18 to 42 years 3 27 Black Male 1994 08-29-2011
Brown, Jacquez Pennsylvania York 2013 2022 Murder Term of Years 50 to Life 8 15 Black Male 2022 02-18-2022
Brown, Patrick Pennsylvania Dauphin 2002 2010 Robbery Term of Years 22 to 70 years 8 21 Black Male 2010 06-30-2012
Camp, Gerald Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2016 2017 Weapon Possession or Sale Not Sentenced 1 27 Black Male 2017 04-16-2019
Cannon, Philip Scott Oregon Polk 2000 2009 Murder Life without parole 10 32 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Carillo, Lucio Oregon Multnomah 2014 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony Probation 0 23 Hispanic Male 2014 12-13-2023
Carter, Raymond Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1988 1996 Murder Life 9 40 Black Male 1996 08-29-2011
Cesar, Owen Pennsylvania Berks 2005 2011 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 1 to 5 years 6 26 Black Male 2011 07-11-2013
Cesar, Owen Pennsylvania Berks 2004 2009 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 16 to 37 years 5 24 Black Male 2009 07-11-2013
Chappelle, Nicholas Oregon Columbia 2022 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony Term of Years 1 year and 6 months 1 White Male 2023 12-13-2023
Comer, Willie Pennsylvania Dauphin 1961 1962 Robbery Term of Years 2 to 4 years 0 20 Don't Know Male 1962
Cortez, George Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2012 2016 Murder Life without parole 4 30 Black Male 2016 06-14-2016
Dixon, Rafiq Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2012 2022 Murder Life 10 29 Black Male 2022 04-27-2022
Domenech, Alfredo Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1988 2005 Murder Life 18 23 Hispanic Male 2005 08-29-2011
Doswell, Thomas Pennsylvania Allegheny 1986 2005 Sexual Assault Term of Years 13 to 26 years 19 24 Black Male 2005 08-29-2011
Dubbs, Charles T. Pennsylvania Lancaster 2002 2007 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 to 40 years 5 36 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
Felder, Lance Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1998 2014 Murder Life 15 16 Black Male 2013 06-19-2014
Ferber, Neil Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1982 1986 Murder Death 4 34 White Male 1986
Fogle, Lewis Pennsylvania Indiana 1982 2015 Murder Life without parole 33 24 White Male 2015 09-16-2015
Frazier, James Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2013 2019 Murder Life without parole 6 19 Black Male 2019 04-26-2019
Fritz, Judith Pennsylvania Lehigh 1995 1997 Manslaughter Term of Years 3 years 0 35 White Female 1995 05-29-2013
Fulmore, James Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2013 2016 Attempted Murder Term of Years 15 to 30 years 4 21 Black Male 2016 04-13-2017
Gable, Frank Oregon Marion 1991 2023 Murder Life without parole 28 29 White Male 2019 06-20-2023
Gainer, Donald Pennsylvania Allegheny 1985 1992 Arson Term of Years 22 to 45 years 8 31 White Male 1992 10-14-2014
Gill, Danyale Oregon Multnomah 1994 2023 Attempted Murder Term of Years 3 years and 4 months 3 18 Black Male 1997 11-01-2023
Gilyard, Eugene Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1998 2014 Murder Life 15 16 Black Male 2013 06-19-2014
Godschalk, Bruce Pennsylvania Montgomery 1987 2002 Sexual Assault Term of Years 10 to 20 years 15 25 White Male 2002 08-29-2011
Gorham, Kent Oregon Marion 1993 2023 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 19 years and 6 months 14 45 Black Male 2007 07-08-2024
Gray, Randy Oregon Linn 2014 2022 Theft Term of Years 3 years 3 37 White Male 2017 02-22-2023
Greason, Samuel Pennsylvania Berks 1901 1905 Murder Death 3 45 Black Male 1905
Green, William Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1947 1957 Murder Life 10 35 Black Male 1957
Handley, Zachary Pennsylvania Northampton 2008 2015 Arson Term of Years 6 to 12 months 1 13 White Male 2009 05-15-2015
Hassan, Hussein Oregon Umatilla 2019 2022 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 years and 3 months 3 65 Other Male 2022 06-20-2023
Hayes, Marlin Oregon Multnomah 2010 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 36 Black Male 2010 12-09-2016
Hintz, Marcia Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2009 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 5 to 10 years 4 44 White Female 2013 04-08-2021
Hopkins, Gregory Pennsylvania Beaver 2013 2022 Murder Term of Years 8 to 16 years 7 33 White Male 2020 05-26-2022
Horner, Joshua Oregon Deschutes 2017 2018 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 50 years 1 37 White Male 2018 09-17-2018
In, John Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2008 2022 Robbery Term of Years 25 to 50 years 14 23 Black Male 2022 06-23-2022
Jackson, Richard Pennsylvania Delaware 1998 2000 Murder Life without parole 1 40 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Johnson, Antione Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2019 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Not Sentenced 0 32 Black Male 2019 03-27-2020
Johnson, Kareem Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2007 2020 Murder Death 0 18 Black Male 2007 06-02-2020
Johnson, Terrell Pennsylvania Allegheny 1995 2012 Murder Life without parole 17 18 Black Male 2012 09-17-2012
Jones, Hayden Pennsylvania Allegheny 1949 1968 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 to 30 years 19 25 White Male 1968
Jordan, Theodore Oregon Klamath 1932 1965 Murder Death 33 27 Black Male 1965 03-05-2021
Keefer, Derec Oregon Washington 2019 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony Probation 0 33 White Male 2019 06-24-2024
Kelly, Donald Pennsylvania Cambria 1990 1993 Murder Life 3 26 White Male 1993 07-31-2013
Kelly, James Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1996 2024 Murder Life without parole 28 36 Black Male 2024 08-07-2024
Kelly, William M. Jr. Pennsylvania Dauphin 1990 1993 Murder Term of Years 10 to 20 years 3 28 White Male 1993 08-29-2011
Kimbell, Thomas Pennsylvania Lawrence 1998 2002 Murder Death 4 32 White Male 2002 08-29-2011
Laughman, Barry Pennsylvania Adams 1988 2004 Murder Life 15 24 White Male 2003 08-29-2011
Lawson, Samuel Oregon Douglas 2005 2014 Murder Life 8 28 White Male 2014 03-11-2014
Lawson, Tyree Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2009 2018 Attempted Murder Term of Years 14 to 28 years 2 27 Black Male 2011 02-21-2023
Lee, Ah Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1988 2004 Murder Life 16 20 Asian Male 2004 10-25-2014
Lee, Han Tak Pennsylvania Monroe 1990 2015 Murder Life without parole 24 54 Asian Male 2014 12-28-2015
Lewis, Terrance Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1999 2019 Murder Life without parole 20 17 Black Male 2019 06-03-2019
Loach, Jerome Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2011 2021 Other Nonviolent Felony Term of Years 25 to 50 years 9 42 Black Male 2020 09-01-2021
Luckovich, Derek Oregon Multnomah 2010 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 46 White Male 2010 12-09-2016
Lyons, Calvin Pennsylvania Union 1980 1984 Robbery Term of Years 5 to 10 years 4 25 Don't Know Male 1984
Marsh, Floyd Jr. Oregon Clackamas 2017 2024 Robbery Term of Years 6 years and 10 months 5 54 White Male 2022 01-26-2024
Mazur, Andre Oregon Multnomah 2012 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 21 White Male 2012 12-09-2016
Montalvo, Noel Pennsylvania York 2003 2023 Murder Death 21 33 Hispanic Male 2023 01-18-2024
Morales, Santiago Ventura Oregon Clackamas 1986 1991 Murder Term of Years 10 to Life 4 19 Hispanic Male 1991 08-29-2011
Mosley, Shala Oregon Multnomah 2004 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony Unknown 0 26 Black Female 2004 12-13-2023
Moto, Vincent Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1987 1996 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 to 24 years 9 22 Black Male 1996 08-29-2011
Nelson, Bruce Pennsylvania Allegheny 1982 1991 Murder Life 9 24 Black Male 1991 08-29-2011
Nesmith, Willie James Pennsylvania Cumberland 1982 2001 Sexual Assault Term of Years 9 to 25 years 18 20 Black Male 2000 08-29-2011
Oliver, Montrell Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1998 2024 Murder Life without parole 24 17 Black Male 2022 07-03-2024
Pavlinac, Laverne Oregon Multnomah 1991 1995 Murder Term of Years 10 to Life 5 57 White Female 1995 08-29-2011
Pender, John Oregon Columbia 1913 1920 Murder Death 7 32 White Male 1920
Phillips, Stacey Oregon Marion 1991 1995 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 3 years 1 29 White Male 1992 09-06-2018
Piano, Anthony Pennsylvania Allegheny 1937 1937 Robbery Term of Years 2 to 4 years 0 18 Don't Know Male 1937
Powell, David Oregon Lake 2007 2020 Assault Term of Years 5 years and 10 months 6 39 White Male 2013 06-14-2024
Proctor, Eric Oregon Lane 1986 1995 Murder Life 8 18 White Male 1994 08-29-2011
Purtell, Daniel Pennsylvania Centre 2002 2004 Sexual Assault Term of Years 3 1/2 to 6 years 2 21 White Male 2004 08-29-2011
Reser, Pamela Sue Oregon Yamhill 1999 2002 Child Sex Abuse Life 3 29 White Female 2002 08-29-2011
Rigel, Sierra Oregon Curry 2011 2014 Manslaughter Community Service 0 17 White Female 2011 08-24-2014
Rivera, Miguel Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1974 1987 Murder Life 8 25 Hispanic Male 1983
Rollins, Donte Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2007 2016 Attempted Murder Term of Years 62 1/2 to 125 years 9 18 Black Male 2016 01-06-2017
Ruby, Donald Pennsylvania Perry 1987 1993 Murder Life 6 39 White Male 1993 10-28-2014
Rusnak, George Pennsylvania Allegheny 1891 1897 Murder Death 7 20 White Male 1897
Rust, Adam Oregon Multnomah 2012 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony Probation 0 22 White Male 2012 12-13-2023
Sabol, Michael Pennsylvania Allegheny 1891 1895 Murder Death 4 White Male 1895
Salley, MarQuise Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2010 2019 Murder Life without parole 9 22 Black Male 2019 09-29-2019
Schaaf, David Pennsylvania Bucks 2003 2006 Attempted Murder Term of Years 14 to 28 years 3 40 White Male 2006 07-11-2013
Serrano, Ivan Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1988 2005 Murder Life 18 17 Hispanic Male 2005 08-29-2011
Sheeler, Rudolph Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1939 1951 Murder Life 12 23 White Male 1951
Simmons, Jamaal Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2012 2018 Murder Term of Years 15 to 30 years 7 26 Black Male 2018 02-22-2019
Sosnovske, John Oregon Multnomah 1991 1995 Murder Life 5 39 White Male 1995 08-29-2011