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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abernathy, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 17 | White | Male | 2006 | 2015 | 02-13-2015 | |
| Abrego, Eruby | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 18 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 |
| Adams, Kenneth | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 18 | 22 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Aguirre, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 4 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Allen, James | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1987 | 09-27-2021 | ||
| Almendarez, Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Almodovar, Roberto | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 2017 | 04-26-2017 | |
| Amor, William | Illinois | DuPage | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 20 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 02-23-2018 | |
| Andersen, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 25 | 19 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-15-2015 | |
| Anderson, Tyjuan | Illinois | Winnebago | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 10 | 19 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-24-2015 |
| Andino, Carlos | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 26 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2021 | 2022 | 08-23-2022 |
| Andrews, James | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 23 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-21-2012 | ||
| Antusas, Wayne | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 17 | White | Male | 2000 | 2021 | 02-19-2021 | |
| Arroyo, Rogelio | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1991 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ayala, David | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 41 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 2023 | 12-21-2023 | |
| Bailey, Kevin | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2018 | 02-03-2018 | |
| Banks, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 5 | 20 | Black | Male | 1990 | 07-11-2019 | |
| Barr, Jonathan | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 85 years | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-23-2012 |
| Batchelor, Corey | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 19 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-03-2018 | |
| Bates, David | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 18 | Black | Male | 1994 | 01-30-2015 | |
| Beals, Brian | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 34 | 22 | Black | Male | 2023 | 2023 | 01-03-2024 |
| Beaman, Alan W. | Illinois | McLean | 1995 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 14 | 20 | White | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Benitez, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 10-05-2023 | ||
| Blackmon, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 14 | 20 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2018 | 01-28-2019 |
| Bolden, Eddie | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-22-2016 | ||
| Bouto, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 19 | 17 | White | Male | 2004 | 2015 | 07-02-2018 |
| Boyd, Lathierial | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2013 | Murder | Term of Years | 82 years | 23 | 24 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-10-2013 | |
| Briggs, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1905 | 1906 | Murder | Death | 1 | White | Male | 1906 | 04-03-2023 | |||
| Brown, Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 37 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2017 | 11-26-2017 | |
| Brown, Marcel | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2018 | 07-24-2018 |
| Brown, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1984 | 1989 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 5 | 42 | Black | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Burrell, Frank | Illinois | Cook | 2002 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 32 years | 17 | 24 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2024 | |
| Burrows, Joseph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 5 | 35 | White | Male | 1992 | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Burt, Lavale | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1986 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
| Cain, Jeremiah | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 21 | 23 | White | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 |
| Caine, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2011 | Murder | Life | 22 | 20 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-31-2011 | ||
| Campbell, Teshome | Illinois | Champaign | 1998 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 17 | 21 | Black | Male | 2016 | 02-09-2016 | |
| Casciaro, Mario | Illinois | McHenry | 2013 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 2014 | 2015 | 04-12-2016 |
| Castillo, Miguel | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 48 years | 9 | 35 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Catron, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 7 | 22 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Chatmon, Timothy | Illinois | Winnebago | 1990 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 5 | 30 | Black | Male | 1990 | 1995 | 03-10-2014 |
| Cleveland, Albert | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 20 | 20 | Black | Male | 2017 | 04-16-2019 | |
| Cobb, Perry | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 7 | 37 | Black | Male | 1987 | |||
| Coleman, Nevest | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 25 | Black | Male | 2017 | 12-04-2017 | ||
| Colon, David | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 24 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1993 | 2017 | 08-25-2022 |
| Colon, Edgardo | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 84 years | 5 | 34 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 07-19-2023 | |
| Crivens, Algie III | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 18 | Black | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Cruz, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 26 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 07-18-2022 | |
| Cruz, Rolando | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Davila, Edwin | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 24 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2020 | 12-19-2022 | |
| Davis, Andre | Illinois | Champaign | 1981 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 31 | 19 | Black | Male | 2012 | 07-06-2012 | ||
| Davis, Lavelle | Illinois | Kane | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 9 | 20 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Day, Arnold | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2018 | 12-20-2018 | |
| Day, Lee Antione | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 9 | 28 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| DeLeon-Reyes, Arturo | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 01-03-2018 | ||
| Diaz, Angel | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 44 years | 14 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 08-15-2024 | |
| Dixon, James | Illinois | Cook | 1972 | 1974 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to 60 years | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 1974 | 05-29-2020 | |
| Dowaliby, David | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1991 | 02-25-2012 | |
| Drew, Frank | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 23 | 16 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2022 | 04-10-2024 |
| Edwards, James | Illinois | Lake | 1996 | 2012 | Murder | Life without parole | 1 | 44 | Black | Male | 1997 | 06-10-2012 | ||
| Ellis, Bernard | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 6 | 26 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2001 | 08-24-2014 |
| Escamilla, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 29 years | 14 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2008 | 11-14-2023 | |
| Evans, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 1976 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 27 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Fauntleroy, David | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 22 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-21-2012 | ||
| Fields, Nathson Edgar | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 17 | 29 | Black | Male | DK | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Fletcher, James Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 27 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2020 | 02-24-2020 | |
| Flores, Johnny | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 28 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2018 | 09-06-2022 | |
| Fowler, Walter | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 1948 | ||
| Frye, Ralph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 23 years | 7 | 21 | White | Male | 1993 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Fulton, Darryl | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 26 | Black | Male | 2017 | 12-04-2017 | ||
| Fulton, John | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 18 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Galvan, John | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 33 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Gardner, Lewis | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Garrett, Sammie | Illinois | Cook | 1970 | 1976 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to 40 years | 5 | 21 | Black | Male | 1975 | ||
| Gauger, Gary | Illinois | McHenry | 1993 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 3 | 41 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Gayol, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 2 | 33 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Gecht, David | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 18 | White | Male | 2011 | 2022 | 08-04-2022 |
| Geralds, Hubert Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 2 | 30 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-31-2011 | ||
| Gibson, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 23 | Black | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 05-04-2019 | |
| Gillespie, Jerry | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 20 | 18 | Black | Male | 2014 | 04-18-2024 | |
| Gomez, Ariel | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 19 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 02-20-2018 | |
| Gonzalez, Alfredo | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 30 | 32 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-23-2022 | |
| Gonzalez, Nelson | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 24 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 08-22-2022 | |
| Gonzalez, Tony | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 42 years | 24 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2024 | 01-31-2024 | |
| Gray, Adam | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 14 | White | Male | 2006 | 2017 | 05-12-2017 | |
| Gray, Paula | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 7 | 17 | Black | Female | 1994 | 1985 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harden, James | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 16 | 16 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-23-2012 |
| Harper, Lafayette | Illinois | Vermilion | 2014 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 4 | 35 | Black | Male | 2019 | 02-14-2019 | |
| Harper, Maurice | Illinois | Jackson | 2002 | 2007 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 3 | 23 | Black | Male | DK | 2005 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harpstrite, Valentine | Illinois | St. Clair | 1929 | 1968 | Murder | Life | 20 | 24 | White | Male | 1949 | |||
| Harris, Darien | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 76 years | 10 | 18 | Black | Male | 2023 | 01-03-2024 | |
| Harris, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 31 | 34 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2023 | 04-08-2023 |
| Harris, Nicole | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2013 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 7 | 23 | Black | Female | 2013 | 06-17-2013 | |
| Harris, Warren | Illinois | Cook | 1977 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 12 | 29 | Black | Male | 1990 | 07-05-2014 | |
| Haynes, Terrence | Illinois | Kankakee | 2000 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 18 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2019 | 06-11-2019 |
| Henderson, Reginald | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-12-2021 | |
| Hernandez, Alejandro | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Hernandez, Juan | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 86 years | 21 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 2022 | 08-15-2022 |
| Hernandez, Rosendo | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 23 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 2022 | 08-15-2022 |
| Hester, Lee Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1961 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 11 | 14 | Black | Male | 1972 | 01-23-2020 |