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Name | State | County | Convicted | Exonerated | Crime | Sentence | Years lost | Age | Race | Sex | Year of recantation | Date of Release | Posting Date | Contributing Factors Display | Case Characteristics | Recantation | OM Tags | DNA |
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Abbott, Stearns Kendall | Massachusetts | Middlesex | 1880 | 1911 | Murder | Death | 31 | 40 | White | Male | 1911 | Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense | No | No | ||||
Adams, Randall Dale | Texas | Dallas | 1977 | 1989 | Murder | Death | 12 | 28 | White | Male | 1988 | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No |
Bailey, Robert Ballard | West Virginia | Kanawha | 1950 | 1966 | Murder | Death | 11 | 35 | White | Male | 1960 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | ||||
Beale, Clyde | West Virginia | Mingo | 1926 | 1949 | Murder | Death | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1929 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Beeman, Gary | Ohio | Ashtabula | 1976 | 1979 | Murder | Death | 3 | 22 | White | Male | 1979 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Berdue, Thomas | California | Yuba | 1851 | 1851 | Murder | Death | 0 | White | Male | 1851 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | |||||
Bernstein, Charles | District of Columbia | 1933 | 1945 | Murder | Death | 7 | 37 | White | Male | 1940 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | |||||
Bilger, George | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1938 | 1940 | Murder | Death | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 1940 | 10-25-2021 | Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||
Blair, Michael | Texas | Collin | 1994 | 2008 | Murder | Death | 14 | 23 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | CV, H | No | Yes | ||
Bloodsworth, Kirk | Maryland | Baltimore | 1985 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 8 | 23 | White | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | CV, H, SA | No | PR, WH | Yes | |
Boorn, Jesse | Vermont | Manchester | 1819 | 1820 | Murder | Death | 0 | White | Male | 1819 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | |||||
Boorn, Stephen | Vermont | Manchester | 1819 | 1820 | Murder | Death | 0 | White | Male | 1819 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | |||||
Bowen, Clifford Henry | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1981 | 1986 | Murder | Death | 6 | White | Male | 1987 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||||
Bowles, Joe | North Carolina | Surry | 1919 | 1921 | Murder | Death | 2 | White | Male | 1921 | 09-30-2022 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Briggs, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1905 | 1906 | Murder | Death | 1 | White | Male | 1906 | 04-03-2023 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Bundy, Harry Dale | Ohio | Stark | 1957 | 1958 | Murder | Death | 1 | 38 | White | Male | 1958 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Burrell, Albert | Louisiana | Union | 1987 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 13 | 30 | White | Male | 1987 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No |
Burrows, Joseph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 5 | 35 | White | Male | 1992 | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | Yes | OF, WH, NW, WT | No |
Cashin, Harry | New York | New York | 1931 | 1933 | Murder | Death | 1 | 19 | White | Male | 1932 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Cero, Gangi | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1927 | 1930 | Murder | Death | 3 | 21 | White | Male | 1930 | No | No | |||||
Cook, Kerry Max | Texas | Smith | 1978 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 19 | 21 | White | Male | 1979 | 1997 | 08-29-2024 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H, JI, P, IO, SA | Yes | PR, WH | Yes |
Creamer, James | Georgia | Cobb | 1973 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 3 | 41 | White | Male | 1975 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
D'Ambrosio, Joe | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1989 | 2012 | Murder | Death | 20 | 26 | White | Male | 2009 | 02-21-2012 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | No | PR, WH | No | |
Dexter, Clarence Richard Jr. | Missouri | Clay | 1991 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 8 | 49 | White | Male | 1998 | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H | Yes | PR, NW | No |
Draper, Ayliff | Arkansas | Garland | 1935 | 1938 | Murder | Death | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1938 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Drinkard, Gary | Alabama | Morgan | 1995 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 6 | 37 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | H | No | No | ||
DuBoise, Robert | Florida | Hillsborough | 1985 | 2020 | Murder | Death | 35 | 18 | White | Male | 2020 | 2020 | 09-23-2020 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | BM, CIU, H, IO, JI, SA | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ, PL | Yes |
Fain, Charles | Idaho | Canyon | 1983 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 18 | 33 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CV, H, JI, SA | No | PR, WH, NW, WT | Yes | |
Ferber, Neil | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1982 | 1986 | Murder | Death | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 1986 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Foster, James Fulton | Georgia | Jackson | 1956 | 1958 | Murder | Death | 2 | 38 | White | Male | 1958 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Gauger, Gary | Illinois | McHenry | 1993 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 3 | 41 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H, JI | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | |
Gell, Alan | North Carolina | Bertie | 1998 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 6 | 20 | White | Male | 2001 | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, PL | No |
Gladish, Thomas | New Mexico | Bernalillo | 1974 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 2 | 22 | White | Male | 1975 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Golden, Andrew | Florida | Polk | 1991 | 1994 | Murder | Death | 2 | 45 | White | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | Inadequate Legal Defense | H, NC | No | No | ||
Graham, Michael | Louisiana | Union | 1987 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 14 | 23 | White | Male | 1987 | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No |
Grannis, David | Arizona | Pima | 1991 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 5 | 31 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation | H | No | No | ||
Greco, Louis | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1968 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 27 | 47 | White | Male | 1970 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, PH | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No |
Greer, Richard | New Mexico | Bernalillo | 1974 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 2 | 29 | White | Male | 1975 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
House, Paul G. | Tennessee | Union | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 22 | 23 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | H, SA | No | Yes | ||
Huffington, John | Maryland | Harford | 1981 | 2023 | Murder | Death | 32 | 18 | White | Male | 2013 | 02-09-2023 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, P | No | FA, WH, NW, PJ | Yes | |
Imbler, Paul Kern | California | Los Angeles | 1961 | 1969 | Murder | Death | 8 | 44 | White | Male | 1969 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Johnston, Dale | Ohio | Hocking | 1984 | 1990 | Murder | Death | 6 | 49 | White | Male | 1990 | 08-31-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | H | No | PR, WH | No | |
Jones, Tom | Kentucky | Bell | 1935 | 1938 | Murder | Death | 3 | 20 | White | Male | 1938 | Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense | No | No | ||||
Jordano, Frank | Louisiana | Jefferson | 1919 | 1920 | Murder | Death | 2 | 17 | White | Male | 1920 | 07-09-2020 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||
Keine, Ronald | New Mexico | Bernalillo | 1974 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 2 | 26 | White | Male | 1975 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Kidd, Robert Lee | California | San Francisco | 1960 | 1962 | Murder | Death | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1962 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Kimbell, Thomas | Pennsylvania | Lawrence | 1998 | 2002 | Murder | Death | 4 | 32 | White | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation | CV, H, JI | No | Yes | ||
Krone, Ray | Arizona | Maricopa | 1992 | 2002 | Murder | Death | 10 | 34 | White | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | BM, H, SA | No | PR, WH, NW | Yes | |
Langley, Gus | North Carolina | Buncombe | 1932 | 1936 | Murder | Death | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1934 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||
Larkman, Edward | New York | Erie | 1926 | 1933 | Murder | Death | 8 | 24 | White | Male | 1933 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Lee, Lawrence William Jr. | Georgia | Wayne | 1987 | 2015 | Murder | Death | 28 | 25 | White | Male | DK | 2015 | 01-18-2016 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CDC, CV, H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No |
Lettrich, George | Illinois | Cook | 1951 | 1953 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | White | Male | 1953 | False Confession, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Leyra, Camilo | New York | Kings | 1950 | 1956 | Murder | Death | 6 | 50 | White | Male | 1956 | False Confession, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Limone, Peter | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1968 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 32 | 31 | White | Male | 1970 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | Yes | OF, WH, NW, WT | No |
Linder, Michael | South Carolina | Colleton | 1979 | 1981 | Murder | Death | 2 | 24 | White | Male | 1981 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | No | No | ||||
Malinski, Morris | New York | Kings | 1943 | 1946 | Murder | Death | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1946 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Marion, William Jackson | Nebraska | Gage | 1887 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 0 | White | Male | 1887 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | No | No | |||||
McCarty, Curtis | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1986 | 2007 | Murder | Death | 21 | 20 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H, IO, JI, SA | No | FA, WH, NW, PJ | Yes | |
McCormick, Michael Lee | Tennessee | Jefferson | 1987 | 2007 | Murder | Death | 16 | 32 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | H | No | Yes | ||
Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 35 | 22 | White | Male | 2024 | 01-02-2025 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CIU, H, JI, SA | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ | No | |
Milke, Debra | Arizona | Maricopa | 1990 | 2015 | Murder | Death | 23 | 25 | White | Female | 2013 | 03-19-2015 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, CV, F, H | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | |
Miller, Henry | Fed-AR | (Western) | 1888 | 1902 | Murder | Death | 14 | 35 | White | Male | 1902 | No | No | |||||
Miller, Lloyd Eldon | Illinois | Hancock | 1956 | 1971 | Murder | Death | 10 | 29 | White | Male | 1967 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Mooney, Thomas J. | California | San Francisco | 1917 | 1939 | Murder | Death | 22 | 24 | White | Male | 1939 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Moore, Daniel Wade | Alabama | Morgan | 2002 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 5 | 24 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | Official Misconduct | H, SA | No | PR, WH, NW, PL | No | |
Newman, Rickey | Arkansas | Crawford | 2002 | 2017 | Murder | Death | 15 | 43 | White | Male | 2017 | 10-30-2017 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, SA | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ | Yes | |
Ogrod, Walter | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1996 | 2020 | Murder | Death | 24 | 23 | White | Male | 2020 | 06-25-2020 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CIU, CV, H, JI, SA | No | PR, OF, FA, WH, NW, KP, INT, PJ, PL | Yes | |
Osborne, Larry | Kentucky | Whitley | 1999 | 2002 | Murder | Death | 4 | 17 | White | Male | 2002 | 07-05-2013 | Perjury or False Accusation | CDC, H, JV | No | No | ||
Padgett, Larry Randal | Alabama | Marshall | 1992 | 1997 | Murder | Death | 5 | 40 | White | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | H, SA | No | PR, WH | No | |
Paradis, Donald | Idaho | Kootenai | 1981 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 19 | 30 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H | No | PR, FA, WH, NW, PJ | No | |
Penalver, Seth | Florida | Broward | 1999 | 2012 | Murder | Death | 13 | 21 | White | Male | 2012 | 12-28-2012 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H, JI | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ | No | |
Pender, John | Oregon | Columbia | 1913 | 1920 | Murder | Death | 7 | 32 | White | Male | 1920 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Prion, Lemuel | Arizona | Pima | 1999 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 4 | 30 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | H, SA | No | No | |||
Purvis, Will | Mississippi | Marion | 1893 | 1898 | Murder | Death | 5 | 19 | White | Male | 1898 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | ||||
Quick, Wesley | Alabama | Jefferson | 1997 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 6 | 18 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | H | No | No | |||
Radi, Gary | Montana | Big Horn | 1975 | 1978 | Murder | Death | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 1975 | 01-25-2021 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | |||
Robison, James Albert | Arizona | Maricopa | 1977 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 3 | 53 | White | Male | 1980 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation | CDC, H | No | No | ||
Rusnak, George | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1891 | 1897 | Murder | Death | 7 | 20 | White | Male | 1897 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | ||||
Sabol, Michael | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1891 | 1895 | Murder | Death | 4 | White | Male | 1895 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | |||||
Smith, Clarence Jr. | New Mexico | Bernalillo | 1974 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 2 | 29 | White | Male | 1975 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Smith, Jay C. | Pennsylvania | Dauphin | 1986 | 1992 | Murder | Death | 6 | 50 | White | Male | 1992 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CV, H, JI | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, PL | No | |
Springsteen, Robert | Texas | Travis | 2001 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 8 | 17 | White | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation | CDC, CV, H, JV, SA | No | Yes | ||
Steidl, Gordon | Illinois | Edgar | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 17 | 35 | White | Male | 1988 | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CDC, H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT | No |
Stielow, Charles | New York | Orleans | 1915 | 1918 | Murder | Death | 3 | 36 | White | Male | 1918 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Synon, Michael J. | Illinois | Cook | 1900 | 1901 | Murder | Death | 1 | 55 | White | Male | 1901 | No | No | |||||
Tameleo, Henry | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1968 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 17 | 63 | White | Male | 1970 | 1985 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, PH | Yes | OF, WH, NW, WT | No |
Thibodeaux, Damon | Louisiana | Jefferson | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Death | 15 | 21 | White | Male | 2012 | 09-28-2012 | Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | CV, H, IO, SA | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, INT | Yes | |
Toney, Michael | Texas | Tarrant | 1999 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 10 | 19 | White | Male | 2001 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CV, H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT | No |
Vann, Gussie | Tennessee | McMinn | 1994 | 2011 | Murder | Death | 0 | 40 | White | Male | 1994 | 03-13-2012 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | CV, H, NC, SA | No | No | ||
Wilhoit, Gregory | Oklahoma | Osage | 1987 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 6 | 30 | White | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | BM, H | No | No | ||
Williamson, Ronald Keith | Oklahoma | Pontotoc | 1988 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 11 | 29 | White | Male | 1999 | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, IO, JI, SA | Yes | PR, WH | Yes |
Willis, Ernest Ray | Texas | Pecos | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | A, H, NC | No | OF, WH, NW | No | |
Woods, William | Fed-AR | (Western) | 1888 | 1889 | Murder | Death | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 1889 | No | No | |||||
Yarris, Nicholas | Pennsylvania | Delaware | 1982 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 21 | 20 | White | Male | 1983 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, JI, SA | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT | Yes |
Zajicek, Herman | Illinois | Cook | 1907 | 1917 | Murder | Death | 9 | 39 | White | Male | 1917 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Zimmerman, Isidore | New York | New York | 1938 | 1962 | Murder | Death | 24 | 19 | White | Male | 1962 | 02-28-2019 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No |