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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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Anderson, David | Pennsylvania | Venango | 2001 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 0 | 34 | White | Male | 2001 | 11-24-2014 | Official Misconduct | NC, SA | No | PR, NW, WT | 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 | ||||
Carnevale, Daniel | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 2007 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 13 | 29 | White | Male | 2020 | 03-25-2020 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | A, H, IO, JI, NC | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, PL | No | ||
Daidone, Albert | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1984 | 1999 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 38 | White | Male | 1999 | 11-17-2014 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | No | PR, NW, PL | No | ||
DiNicola, Louis | Pennsylvania | Erie | 1980 | 1994 | Murder | Life | 3 | 29 | White | Male | 1984 | 07-15-2012 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | A, CV, H, NC | No | PR, OF, WH | No | ||
Dubbs, Charles T. | Pennsylvania | Lancaster | 2002 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 to 40 years | 5 | 36 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID | SA | No | No | ||
Ferber, Neil | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1982 | 1986 | Murder | Death | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 1986 | Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||||
Fogle, Lewis | Pennsylvania | Indiana | 1982 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 33 | 24 | White | Male | dk | 2015 | 09-16-2015 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, CV, H, IO, JI, SA | Yes | OF, WH, NW, WT | Yes | |
Fritz, Judith | Pennsylvania | Lehigh | 1995 | 1997 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 3 years | 0 | 35 | White | Female | 1997 | 1995 | 05-29-2013 | Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | F, H | Yes | No | |
Gainer, Donald | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1985 | 1992 | Arson | Term of Years | 22 to 45 years | 8 | 31 | White | Male | 1985 | 1992 | 10-14-2014 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | A, CDC, JI, NC | Yes | OF, NW, WT | No |
Godesky, Scott | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1997 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 24 | White | Male | 2008 | 2019 | 09-03-2019 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | Yes | PR, NW | No | |
Godschalk, Bruce | Pennsylvania | Montgomery | 1987 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 15 | 25 | White | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation | IO, JI, SA | No | Yes | ||
Handley, Zachary | Pennsylvania | Northampton | 2008 | 2015 | Arson | Term of Years | 6 to 12 months | 1 | 13 | White | Male | 2009 | 05-15-2015 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | A, CV, JV | No | OF, NW, INT | No | |
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 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | F, NC | No | OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | |
Hopkins, Gregory | Pennsylvania | Beaver | 2013 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 8 to 16 years | 7 | 33 | White | Male | 2020 | 05-26-2022 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, SA | No | No | ||
Jones, Hayden | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1949 | 1968 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 15 to 30 years | 19 | 25 | White | Male | 1968 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | No | No | ||||
Kauffman, Carl Joe Jr. | Pennsylvania | Bedford | 2001 | 2004 | Robbery | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 3 | 21 | White | Male | 2002 | 2004 | 08-30-2013 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC | Yes | PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT | No |
Kelly, Donald | Pennsylvania | Cambria | 1990 | 1993 | Murder | Life | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1993 | 07-31-2013 | Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense | H | No | No | |||
Kelly, William M. Jr. | Pennsylvania | Dauphin | 1990 | 1993 | Murder | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 3 | 28 | White | Male | 1992 | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession | H, P, SA | Yes | Yes | |
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 | |||
Kirkwood, Justin | Pennsylvania | Lawrence | 2003 | 2006 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 1/2 to 7 years | 2 | 22 | White | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct | IO | No | PR, NW | No | |
Laughman, Barry | Pennsylvania | Adams | 1988 | 2004 | Murder | Life | 15 | 24 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence | H, SA | No | Yes | |||
Lazar, Steven | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2010 | 2023 | Murder | Life | 13 | 22 | White | Male | 2023 | 04-10-2023 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | CIU, H | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, PJ | No | ||
Martorano, Raymond | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1984 | 1999 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 53 | White | Male | 1999 | 11-17-2014 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H | No | PR, NW, PL | No | ||
McCracken, Terence | Pennsylvania | Delaware | 1983 | 1995 | Murder | Life | 3 | 18 | White | Male | 1990 | 1987 | 05-01-2013 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | H | Yes | PR, WH, NW, WT | No | |
Munchinski, David | Pennsylvania | Fayette | 1986 | 2013 | Murder | Life | 25 | 25 | White | Male | 1992 | 2011 | 06-14-2013 | Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | CDC, H, IO, SA | Yes | PR, WH | No | |
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 | ||
Pacek, Jerry | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1959 | 1991 | Murder | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 10 | 13 | White | Male | 1968 | 08-29-2011 | False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct | H, JV, SA | No | PR, OF, WH, NW, INT | No | |
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 | Perjury or False Accusation | NC, SA | No | No | ||
Ruby, Donald | Pennsylvania | Perry | 1987 | 1993 | Murder | Life | 6 | 39 | White | Male | 1993 | 10-28-2014 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense | H | No | Yes | |||
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 | ||||||
Schaaf, David | Pennsylvania | Bucks | 2003 | 2006 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 14 to 28 years | 3 | 40 | White | Male | 2006 | 07-11-2013 | Perjury or False Accusation | NC | No | No | ||
Sheeler, Rudolph | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1939 | 1951 | Murder | Life | 12 | 23 | White | Male | 1951 | False Confession, Official Misconduct | No | No | |||||
Siehl, Kevin | Pennsylvania | Cambria | 1992 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 24 | 35 | White | Male | 2016 | 10-29-2016 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense | H, IO | No | PR, FA, WH, NW, KP, PJ | 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 | ||
Stonehouse, Carol | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1983 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 7 to 14 years | 7 | 41 | White | Female | 1990 | 03-11-2013 | Inadequate Legal Defense | F, H, NC | No | No | ||
Toth, Andrew | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1891 | 1911 | Murder | Life without parole | 20 | 41 | White | Male | 1911 | Mistaken Witness ID | No | No | |||||
Weimer, Crystal | Pennsylvania | Fayette | 2006 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to 30 years | 9 | 23 | White | Female | 2015 | 2015 | 06-29-2016 | False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | BM, CDC, F, H, IO, JI | Yes | PR, OF, FA, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ, PL | No |
Wilkinson, Robert | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1976 | 1977 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 26 | White | Male | 1977 | False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct | 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 |