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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: 95
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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
Ahmed, Mubarez Michigan Wayne 2002 2018 Murder Term of Years 44 to 60 years 16 31 Other Male 2016 2018 10-31-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, IO OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Alford, Herbert Michigan Ingham 2016 2020 Murder Term of Years 32 years five months to 62 years five months 3 38 Black Male 2020 01-29-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation H
Ansari, Alexandre Michigan Wayne 2013 2019 Murder Life without parole 5 28 Black Male 2019 12-18-2019 Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct CIU, CV, H OF, WH
Atkins, Dennis Michigan Wayne 2006 2022 Murder Life 16 21 Black Male 2022 03-01-2022 CIU, CV, H
Avery, Chamar Michigan Wayne 2000 2010 Murder Term of Years 20 to 50 years 8 18 Black Male 2008 01-15-2012 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Baugh, Jimmie Michigan Wayne 2003 2023 Murder Life without parole 0 35 Black Male 2003 01-16-2024 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H PR, WH
Berry, Gregory Michigan Wayne 2004 2020 Murder Life without parole 16 20 White Male 2016 2020 02-08-2021 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, CIU, H OF, WH, NW, WT
Bruner, Carl II Michigan Wayne 2014 2020 Murder Life without parole 5 29 Black Male 2020 04-02-2020 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H OF, WH, NW, KP, PJ
Burton, Danny Michigan Wayne 1987 2019 Murder Life without parole 32 19 Black Male 2005 2019 12-13-2019 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, CIU, H OF, WH, NW, WT
Calloway, Willie Michigan Wayne 1945 1953 Murder Life 8 18 Black Male 1953 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct
Christian, Kino Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 29 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CV, H, JI PR, OF, WH, NW
Clark, Alphonso Michigan Wayne 2005 2023 Murder Life without parole 17 23 Black Male 2022 2023 05-30-2023 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Clark, Charles Lee Michigan Wayne 1938 1968 Murder Life 30 39 Black Male 1968 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct
Clark, Ephraim R. Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 35 White Male 1961 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct
Clark, George Michigan Wayne 2003 2020 Murder Life without parole 17 31 Black Male 2006 2020 04-30-2020 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H OF, WH, NW, WT
Clark, Paul Jr. Michigan Wayne 1987 2024 Murder Life without parole 37 19 Black Male 2024 08-07-2024 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, IO PR, OF, WH
Cotton, Marvin Michigan Wayne 2001 2020 Murder Life without parole 19 21 Black Male 2010 2020 10-26-2020 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PL
Deering, Juwan Michigan Oakland 2006 2021 Murder Life without parole 15 29 Black Male 2021 10-15-2021 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense A, CV, H, IO, JI, NC PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ, PL
DeJesus, George Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life 24 18 Hispanic Male 2022 04-01-2022 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation CDC, CIU, H, IO, SA
DeJesus, Melvin Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life 24 21 Hispanic Male 2022 04-01-2022 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation CDC, CIU, H, IO, SA
Dendel, Katherine Michigan Jackson 2003 2017 Murder Term of Years 7 1/2 to 15 years 9 51 White Female 2012 02-13-2017 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense F, H, NC
Edwards, Dartanion Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 19 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CV, H, IO, JI PR, OF, WH, NW
Edwards, Joshun Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 27 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CV, H, JI PR, OF, WH, NW
Foley, Thomas Michigan Branch 2009 2011 Murder Life 2 40 White Male 2011 01-17-2013 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence H
Forbes, Walter Michigan Jackson 1983 2020 Murder Life without parole 38 25 Black Male 2017 2020 12-12-2020 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct A, H, IO PR, WH
Foster, Demetrius Michigan Wayne 2000 2014 Murder Term of Years 32 to 50 years 13 24 Black Male 2013 06-29-2015 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Futrell, Rayshard Michigan Wayne 2009 2010 Murder Life 1 17 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, Official Misconduct H, JV PR, WH
Gavitt, David Lee Michigan Ionia 1986 2012 Murder Life without parole 26 26 White Male 2012 06-07-2012 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense A, CV, H, IO, NC
Griffin, Michael Michigan Genesee 2010 2023 Murder Life 13 19 Black Male 2023 09-22-2023 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense CV, H, NC, SBS
Gross, Louis Michigan Wayne 1933 1949 Murder Life 16 33 White Male 1949 Perjury or False Accusation
Growden, Gerald Michigan Wayne 1931 1932 Murder Life 1 19 White Male 1932 10-22-2020 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation
Hall, Lindberg Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 32 White Male 1961 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct
Hamilton, Lacino Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Term of Years 52 to 82 years 25 19 Black Male 2020 10-26-2020 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, IO, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ, PL
Hardy, Vance Michigan Wayne 1924 1951 Murder Life 29 30 White Male 1953 Perjury or False Accusation
Harrington, Kevin Michigan Wayne 2003 2020 Murder Life without parole 17 20 Black Male 2006 2020 04-30-2020 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, IO OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Hickey, Kainte Michigan Wayne 2008 2024 Murder Life without parole 15 29 Black Male 2023 05-13-2024 Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Highers, Raymond Michigan Wayne 1988 2013 Murder Life without parole 24 20 White Male 2012 09-25-2013 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation H, JI
Highers, Thomas Michigan Wayne 1988 2013 Murder Life without parole 24 21 White Male 2012 09-25-2013 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation H, JI
Hill, LaVone Michigan Wayne 2002 2024 Murder Life without parole 22 24 Native American Male 2024 11-01-2024 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Hinton, C'Quan Michigan Genesee 2009 2022 Murder Life without parole 14 17 Black Male 2022 01-20-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CV, H, JI, JV PR, OF, WH, NW
Holbrook, Matthew Michigan Wayne 2006 2009 Murder Term of Years 17 to 27 years 3 35 White Male 2009 07-05-2017 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense H, NC
Howard, Bernard Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Life without parole 26 18 Black Male 2020 01-23-2021 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, CIU, CV, H, IO, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, INT, PJ
Jenkins, Lonnie Michigan Wayne 1931 1940 Murder Life 9 28 White Male 1940 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation
Johnson, Justly Michigan Wayne 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 19 24 Black Male 2002 2018 12-03-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO OF, WH, NW, WT
Jones, Elroy Lucky Michigan Wayne 2006 2014 Murder Life without parole 7 26 Black Male 2014 02-27-2014 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H PR, WH
Khalil, Edward Michigan Wayne 2012 2020 Murder Life 8 28 Black Male 2020 08-04-2020 Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, CIU, H
Kuykendall, Sceola Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1961 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct
Kyles, Anthony Michigan Oakland 1997 2022 Murder Life without parole 25 27 Black Male 2011 2022 10-29-2022 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct A, CIU, CV, H, IO, NC PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PL
Legion, Anthony Michigan Wayne 2001 2020 Murder Life without parole 19 27 Black Male 2010 2020 10-26-2020 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PL
Lloyd, Eddie Joe Michigan Wayne 1985 2002 Murder Life 17 34 Black Male 2002 08-29-2011 False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CV, H, IO, SA OF, NW, INT
Love, Dwight Michigan Wayne 1982 2001 Murder Life 16 22 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011 Mistaken Witness ID, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
MacGregor, Robert Michigan Huron 1912 1916 Murder Life 4 34 White Male 1916 08-19-2021
Marshall, Hubert Jr. Michigan Wayne 1990 1997 Murder Term of Years 25 to 50 years 7 22 Black Male 1997 01-09-2024 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense H
McCall, Corey Michigan Berrien 2005 2021 Murder Life 16 22 Black Male 2021 07-09-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, CV, H, IO
McCollum, Claude Michigan Ingham 2006 2007 Murder Life 2 26 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011 False Confession, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, SA PR, WH
McDowell, Vidale Michigan Wayne 2003 2004 Murder Life 1 18 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Miller, Tonia Michigan Calhoun 2003 2021 Murder Term of Years 20 to 30 years 18 18 White Female 2020 2021 09-20-2021 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence CV, F, H, IO, NC, SBS
Mitchell, Charlie Michigan Wayne 1989 2006 Murder Term of Years 10 to 15 years 12 34 Black Male 2001 08-24-2014 Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Monson, Lamarr Michigan Wayne 1997 2017 Murder Term of Years 30 to 50 years 20 23 Black Male 2017 08-26-2017 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CV, H, IO OF, WH, NW, INT, PJ
Moore, Walter Michigan Otsego 1988 1996 Murder Life 7 37 White Male 1995 1996 08-29-2011 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT
Nelson, Jimmie Michigan Iosco 2010 2014 Murder Term of Years 25 to 50 years 3 28 White Male 2013 04-21-2014 H
Nixon, Kenneth Michigan Wayne 2005 2021 Murder Life without parole 15 19 Black Male 2005 2021 03-19-2021 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation A, CIU, CV, H, IO, JI
Nolen, Kelvin Michigan Wayne 2016 2022 Murder Life without parole 7 26 Black Male 2016 2022 01-12-2023 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, IO
Owens, David Michigan Wayne 1988 2021 Murder Term of Years 25 years 26 19 Black Male 2005 2014 01-24-2022 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, CIU, H OF, WH, NW, WT
Pecho, Walter Michigan Wayne 1954 1960 Murder Term of Years 15 to 20 years 6 35 White Male 1960 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence
Peterson, Jamie Lee Michigan Kalkaska 1998 2014 Murder Life without parole 16 21 White Male 2014 09-09-2014 False Confession, Official Misconduct H, IO, JI, SA PR, OF, WH, NW, INT, PJ
Phillips, Richard Michigan Wayne 1972 2018 Murder Life without parole 45 25 Black Male 2017 04-01-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, CIU, H, IO PR, WH, NW, KP
Pippen, Roderick Michigan Wayne 2014 2024 Murder Life without parole 9 21 Black Male 2022 09-26-2024 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Poole, Gilbert Jr. Michigan Oakland 1989 2021 Murder Life without parole 32 23 White Male 2021 06-18-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, IO, BM PR, NW
Powels, Michael Michigan Wayne 2007 2019 Murder Term of Years 45 to 75 years 11 26 Black Male 2019 02-20-2019 Perjury or False Accusation CIU, H
Prevost, Lloyd Michigan Macomb 1920 1930 Murder Life 11 24 White Male 1930 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation
Provience, Dwayne Michigan Wayne 2001 2010 Murder Term of Years 32 to 62 years 9 26 Black Male 2006 2009 08-29-2011 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, WT
Ricks, Desmond Michigan Wayne 1992 2017 Murder Term of Years 30 to 60 years 25 25 Black Male 2014 2017 06-06-2017 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, WT, PJ
Ripan, Alexander Michigan Saginaw 1920 1939 Murder Life 19 27 White Male 1939 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence
Salter, Aaron Michigan Wayne 2003 2018 Murder Life without parole 15 20 Black Male 2009 2018 08-20-2018 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H
Sanford, Davontae Michigan Wayne 2008 2016 Murder Term of Years 39 to 90 years 8 14 Black Male 2016 07-19-2016 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO, JV, P OF, NW, PJ
Sauerman, Leo Michigan Wayne 1922 1925 Murder Life 3 25 White Male 1925 03-03-2023 Mistaken Witness ID
Scott, Kendrick Michigan Wayne 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 18 20 Black Male 2002 2018 12-03-2018 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense H, IO OF, WH, NW, WT
Shelman, Eron Michigan Wayne 1992 2025 Murder Life 30 19 Black Male 2023 02-04-2025 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CDC, H PR, NW, PL
Siggers, Darrell Michigan Wayne 1984 2018 Murder Life without parole 34 20 Black Male 1987 2018 10-23-2018 Mistaken Witness ID, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H OF, WH, NW, WT
Smith, Feronda Michigan Genesee 2011 2018 Murder Life without parole 8 30 Black Male 2018 02-04-2019 Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H PR, WH, NW, KP, WT, PL
Smith, Larry Jr. Michigan Wayne 1994 2021 Murder Life without parole 26 18 Black Male 2003 2021 03-03-2021 Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, JI, IO PR, WH, NW, KP, WT, PL
Souter, Larry Pat Michigan Newaygo 1992 2005 Murder Term of Years 20 to 60 years 13 26 White Male 1999 2005 08-29-2011 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct H PR, WH
Storick, Maude Michigan Cass 1923 1949 Murder Life 27 40 White Female 1949
Sullivan, Donald Jr. Michigan Wayne 1975 1982 Murder Life 7 22 Black Male 1982 05-15-2020 Perjury or False Accusation
Tanner, Hattie Michigan Calhoun 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 17 35 Black Female 2017 04-03-2018 False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct F, H, IO OF, WH, NW, PJ
Titus, Jeff Michigan Kalamazoo 2002 2023 Murder Life without parole 21 38 White Male 2020 2023 06-30-2023 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, IO OF, WH, NW
Towns, Parrish Michigan Wayne 1983 2007 Murder Life without parole 20 20 Black Male 2003 04-13-2020 Mistaken Witness ID, Inadequate Legal Defense H
Veres, Rose Michigan Wayne 1931 1945 Murder Life 14 48 White Female 1945 11-27-2017 Perjury or False Accusation
Walker, Lee Dell Michigan Wayne 1954 1972 Murder Life 18 41 Black Male 1972 False Confession, Official Misconduct
Ward, Ramon Michigan Wayne 1995 2020 Murder Life without parole 25 18 Black Male 2020 03-23-2020 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, JI PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, WT, PJ
Watkins, Ledura Michigan Wayne 1976 2017 Murder Life without parole 41 19 Black Male 1980 2017 06-29-2017 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CDC, H, IO PR, OF, WH, NW, KP, PJ, PL
Webb, Kenneth Michigan Washtenaw 1987 2022 Murder Life without parole 35 30 White Male 2022 11-14-2022 Mistaken Witness ID, False Confession, False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Inadequate Legal Defense CIU, H, IO
Williams, Duane Michigan Wayne 2013 2024 Murder Life without parole 11 42 Black Male 2024 11-01-2024 False or Misleading Forensic Evidence, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct A, CIU, H, IO, NC PR, FA, WH, NW, PJ
Young, Paul Michigan Wayne 1987 2021 Murder Life without parole 32 17 Black Male 2005 2019 01-24-2022 False Confession, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct CIU, H, JV OF, WH, NW, WT, INT