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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 | Contributing Factors Display | Case Characteristics | Recantation | OM Tags | DNA |
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| Abernathy, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 17 | White | Male | 2006 | 2015 | 02-13-2015 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CIU, CV, H, IO, SA, JV | Yes | OF, WH, NW, INT | Yes | |
| Amor, William | Illinois | DuPage | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 20 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 02-23-2018 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | A, H, IO, NC | No | No | ||
| Andersen, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 25 | 19 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-15-2015 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H, IO | No | OF, WH, NW, PJ, INT | Yes | |
| Antusas, Wayne | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 17 | White | Male | 2000 | 2021 | 02-19-2021 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, CV, H, IO, JV | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No | |
| Beaman, Alan W. | Illinois | McLean | 1995 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 14 | 20 | White | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | Official Misconduct | H, IO | No | PR, WH | No | |
| Bouto, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 19 | 17 | White | Male | 2004 | 2015 | 07-02-2018 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CV, H, IO, JI, JV | Yes | OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ | No |
| Bray, George | Illinois | Cook | 1942 | 1958 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 99 years | 16 | 28 | White | Male | 1958 | 06-07-2021 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | No | No | |||
| Briggs, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1905 | 1906 | Murder | Death | 1 | White | Male | 1906 | 04-03-2023 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | No | 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 | |
| Cain, Jeremiah | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 21 | 23 | White | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, IO | Yes | OF, WH, NW, WT, INT, PJ | No |
| Carini, William | Illinois | Lake | 1992 | 2017 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 26 years | 11 | 28 | White | Male | 1995 | 2002 | 01-10-2017 | Mistaken Witness ID | CIU, SA | Yes | Yes | |
| Carter, Brad | Illinois | Williamson | 2013 | 2015 | Child Sex Abuse | Not Sentenced | 0 | 38 | White | Male | 2013 | 02-09-2015 | Perjury or False Accusation | CV, NC, SA | No | No | |||
| Casciaro, Mario | Illinois | McHenry | 2013 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 2014 | 2015 | 04-12-2016 | Perjury or False Accusation | CDC, CV, H | Yes | No | |
| Cerami, Sean | Illinois | Cook | 2012 | 2013 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 47 | White | Male | 2013 | 06-08-2016 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | NC, P | No | OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | |
| Dick, Steven | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2001 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 18 | White | Male | 1984 | 03-21-2013 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | PR, WH | No | ||
| Dotson, Gary | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1989 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 25 to 50 years | 6 | 20 | White | Male | 1985 | 1985 | 08-29-2011 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CV, NC, SA | Yes | FA, WH, NW, PJ | Yes |
| Dowaliby, David | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1991 | 02-25-2012 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | CV, H | No | No | ||
| Eardley, James | Illinois | McLean | 1990 | 1991 | Destruction of Property | Not Sentenced | 0 | 23 | White | Male | 1990 | 10-28-2014 | Perjury or False Accusation | CDC | No | No | |||
| Eaton, Roy | Illinois | Rock Island | 1940 | 1956 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 year to life | 16 | 34 | White | Male | 1956 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | ||||
| Elsayed, Jessica | Illinois | Cook | 2012 | 2013 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | White | Female | 2012 | 06-23-2016 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | F, NC, P | No | OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | ||
| Fischer, Marshall | Illinois | Cook | 1942 | 1942 | Robbery | Life | 0 | 21 | White | Male | 1942 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||||
| Flood, Floyd | Illinois | St. Clair | 1924 | 1926 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years to life | 1 | 24 | White | Male | 1926 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
| Frye, Ralph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 23 years | 7 | 21 | White | Male | 1993 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | Yes | OF, WH, NW, INT | 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 | ||
| Gecht, David | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 18 | White | Male | 2011 | 2022 | 08-04-2022 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CDC, H, IO | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, INT, PJ | No |
| Gold-Smith, Robert | Illinois | Will | 2016 | 2023 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 30 years | 4 | 50 | White | Male | 2019 | 05-01-2023 | Perjury or False Accusation | JI, NC | No | No | ||
| Gray, Adam | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 14 | White | Male | 2006 | 2017 | 05-12-2017 | Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | A, CIU, H, JV, NC | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, INT | No | |
| Harling, Harry | Illinois | Cook | 1973 | 1976 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 3 to 9 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1975 | 04-19-2021 | No | No | ||||
| Harpstrite, Valentine | Illinois | St. Clair | 1929 | 1968 | Murder | Life | 20 | 24 | White | Male | 1949 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||||
| Howell, Everett | Illinois | Adams | 1928 | 1930 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 year to life | 2 | White | Male | 1930 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | |||||
| Janke, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 2015 | 2023 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 7 | 22 | White | Male | 2013 | 2022 | 07-18-2023 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | IO | Yes | OF, WH | No |
| Kluppelberg, James | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 23 | 18 | White | Male | 2007 | 2012 | 05-31-2012 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | A, CIU, CV, H, IO, NC | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, INT | No | |
| Lettrich, George | Illinois | Cook | 1951 | 1953 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | White | Male | 1953 | False Confession, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||||
| Liebich, Randy | Illinois | Dupage | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 14 | 22 | White | Male | 2012 | 2018 | 04-20-2019 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | CV, H, SBS, IO | Yes | No | |
| Linscott, Steven | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1985 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | H, SA | No | PR, NW, PL | Yes | |
| Long, James | Illinois | Cook | 1934 | 1934 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 to Life | 0 | 22 | White | Male | 1934 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | ||||
| Lucas, Jesse | Illinois | Wabash | 1909 | 1941 | Murder | Life | 22 | 23 | White | Male | 1931 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | |||||
| Lucas, Margaret | Illinois | Wabash | 1909 | 1941 | Murder | Life | 0 | White | Female | 1909 | Perjury or False Accusation | No | No | ||||||
| Majczek, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1946 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 24 | White | Male | 1945 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | No | No | ||||
| Marcinkiewicz, Theodore | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1950 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 16 | 25 | White | Male | 1950 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
| McCaughn, Patrick | Illinois | Lake | 1996 | 1999 | Robbery | Term of Years | 12 years | 3 | 25 | White | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | |||
| McCullough, Jack | Illinois | DeKalb | 2012 | 2016 | Murder | Life | 4 | 18 | White | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 05-02-2016 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CV, H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No | |
| McDonald, Wilbur | Illinois | Cook | 1971 | 1973 | Murder | Term of Years | 100 to 150 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1973 | No | No | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Metegrano, Pat | Illinois | Cook | 1942 | 1942 | Robbery | Term of Years | 1 to 5 years | 0 | 25 | White | Male | 1942 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | 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 | |||||
| Montgomery, Carl | Illinois | Moultrie | 1984 | 1989 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 7 years | 4 | 44 | White | Male | 1987 | 07-16-2014 | Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense | CDC | No | No | ||
| Moran, Nakiya | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2017 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 62 years | 7 | 17 | White | Male | 2017 | 06-06-2018 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | CV, JV | No | PR, OF, WH | No | |
| Morfin, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 24 | 17 | White | Male | 2000 | 2021 | 02-08-2021 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, CV, H, JV | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No | |
| Nelson, Terry Lee | Illinois | St. Clair | 1989 | 1994 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 0 | 37 | White | Male | 1990 | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation | H, JI | Yes | No | |
| Prete, Jennifer Del | Illinois | Will | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 31 | White | Female | 2014 | 10-13-2022 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CV, F, H, NC, SBS | No | PR, WH | No | |
| Rea, Julie | Illinois | Lawrence | 2002 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 2 | 28 | White | Female | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CV, F, H, IO | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | |
| Shakirov, Mansur | Illinois | McLean | 2014 | 2018 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 28 | White | Male | 2015 | 06-05-2018 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | H, NC | No | No | ||
| Shannon, Mason | Illinois | LaSalle | 2018 | 2024 | Manslaughter | Not Sentenced | 0 | 42 | White | Male | 2018 | 07-15-2024 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, NC | No | PR, WH, NW, WT | No | ||
| Smith, Adam | Illinois | Macon | 2016 | 2020 | Threats | Term of Years | 10 years | 4 | 32 | White | Male | 2019 | 12-17-2021 | NC | No | No | |||
| Smith, Kenneth | Illinois | McHenry | 2003 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 67 years | 18 | 25 | White | Male | 2021 | 08-19-2021 | Perjury or False Accusation | CDC, H | No | No | ||
| Sopron, Matthew | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2018 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 22 | White | Male | 2000 | 2018 | 12-31-2018 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, CV, H, IO | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No | |
| Starks, Ronnie | Illinois | Lake | 1982 | 1985 | Robbery | Term of Years | 11 years | 3 | White | Male | 1985 | Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense | No | No | |||||
| 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 | |
| Strong, Jason | Illinois | Lake | 2000 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 46 years | 15 | 24 | White | Male | 2010 | 2015 | 05-30-2015 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, CIU, H, IO | Yes | OF, NW, INT | No |
| Sullivan, Melvin | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1987 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 27 | White | Male | 1987 | 12-07-2020 | Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense | No | No | |||
| Synon, Michael J. | Illinois | Cook | 1900 | 1901 | Murder | Death | 1 | 55 | White | Male | 1901 | No | No | ||||||
| Ward, Madeleine | Illinois | DuPage | 2006 | 2008 | Theft | Term of Years | 6 years and 7 months | 2 | 52 | White | Female | 2008 | 04-05-2013 | F, NC | No | No | |||
| Whitlock, Herbert | Illinois | Edgar | 1987 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 21 | 39 | White | Male | 1988 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CDC, H, JI | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, WT | No | |
| Williams, Herman | Illinois | Lake | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | White | Male | 2022 | 09-26-2022 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, IO | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, INT, PJ, PL | Yes | ||
| Willing, Rusty | Illinois | Adams | 2016 | 2020 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 2 | 34 | White | Male | 2018 | 06-23-2020 | Perjury or False Accusation | CV, NC, SA | No | No | ||
| Woidtke, Rodney | Illinois | St. Clair | 1989 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 12 | 27 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, SA | No | PR, WH | No | |
| Wynn, Morris | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2006 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 2 | 21 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ, PL | No | ||
| Zajicek, Herman | Illinois | Cook | 1907 | 1917 | Murder | Death | 9 | 39 | White | Male | 1917 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No |