Instructions for Using the Registry

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: 336
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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Term of Years Years lost Age Race Sex Date of Release Posting Date
Martinez, Ruben Jr. California Los Angeles 2008 2019 Robbery Term of Years 40 years and 8 months 12 Hispanic Male 2019 11-18-2019
Mason, Terrence New York Queens 1987 1995 Robbery Term of Years 10 to 20 years 7 32 Black Male 1994 12-03-2013
Massey, Kenneth Texas El Paso 1953 1954 Robbery Term of Years 15 years 2 25 White Male 1954 03-15-2021
Massingill, Anthony Texas Dallas 1980 2014 Robbery Life 0 18 Black Male 1980 10-23-2014
Maynard, William A. New York New York 1970 1974 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 to 20 years 3 33 Black Male 1974
McCaughn, Patrick Illinois Lake 1996 1999 Robbery Term of Years 12 years 3 25 White Male 1999 08-29-2011
McGee, Leroy Florida Broward 1991 1995 Robbery Term of Years 4 years and 6 months 3 23 Black Male 1994 08-29-2011
McGuffin, Nicholas Oregon Coos 2011 2019 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 years 8 18 White Male 2019 01-20-2020
McKay, Cornell Missouri St. Louis City 2013 2015 Robbery Term of Years 12 years 1 22 Black Male 2015 05-11-2015
McManus, John Massachusetts Suffolk 1911 1912 Robbery Term of Years 3 years 1 Don't Know Male 1912
Mellory, Jesse California Fresno 1931 1932 Robbery Unknown 0 White Male 1932
Mellory, Sumner California Fresno 1931 1932 Robbery Unknown 0 White Male 1932
Mendival, Salvador California Los Angeles 1922 1924 Robbery Term of Years 1 to 10 years 2 20 Hispanic Male 1924
Menendez, Ceaser California Los Angeles 1996 2001 Manslaughter Term of Years 12 years 6 22 Hispanic Male 2001 05-18-2012
Mervilus, Emmanuel New Jersey Union 2008 2013 Robbery Term of Years 11 years 3 22 Black Male 2011 05-03-2018
Metegrano, Pat Illinois Cook 1942 1942 Robbery Term of Years 1 to 5 years 0 25 White Male 1942
Miller, Anthony New York Monroe 2014 2020 Robbery Term of Years 10 years 6 21 Black Male 2020 12-15-2021
Miller, Harry Utah Salt Lake 2004 2007 Robbery Term of Years 5 to Life 3 45 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
Miller, Morgan Ohio Lucas 1984 1992 Robbery Term of Years 20 to 40 years 8 27 Black Male 1992 08-29-2011
Miller, Thomas Florida Hillsborough 1997 2001 Manslaughter Term of Years 15 years 0 19 White Male 1997 01-29-2014
Montgomery, Konrad Michigan Wayne 2013 2016 Robbery Term of Years 12 to 27 years 3 29 Black Male 2016 07-19-2016
Montgomery, LaDondrell Texas Harris 2010 2011 Robbery Life 1 34 Black Male 2011 01-27-2012
Moore, Joshua California Orange 1999 2001 Robbery Term of Years 12 years 2 19 White Male 2001 08-03-2012
Moore, Laurie Michigan Otsego 1987 1991 Manslaughter Term of Years 7 to 15 years 3 33 White Male 1991 04-23-2016
Moran, Christopher Rhode Island Providence 1994 2022 Robbery Term of Years 68 years 3 22 White Male 1997 01-13-2023
Moreno, Tony Jr. California Los Angeles 2014 2016 Robbery Term of Years 3 years 2 28 Hispanic Male 2016 12-19-2017
Nasir, Louis Michigan Macomb 1966 1967 Robbery Term of Years 7 to 20 years 1 28 Don't Know Male 1967 04-07-2020
Nedza, Joseph New York Onondaga 1931 1931 Robbery Term of Years 35 years 0 24 White Male 1931
Nnodimele, Martin New York New York 2008 2012 Robbery Term of Years 10 years 3 47 Black Male 2011 10-07-2012
Norwood, Matthew Mississippi Hinds 1997 2010 Robbery Term of Years 15 years 10 15 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
O'Neil, Leonard Ohio Portage 1971 1975 Robbery Term of Years 10 to 25 years 3 19 Black Male 1975 02-28-2019
Ochoa, James California Orange 2005 2006 Robbery Term of Years 2 years 1 19 Hispanic Male 2006 08-29-2011
Olebar, Brandon Washington King 2003 2013 Robbery Term of Years 16 years and 6 months 10 19 Native American Male 2013 12-27-2013
Oliver, Thomas New York New York 1946 1947 Robbery Term of Years 10 to 15 years 1 18 Don't Know Male 1947 06-29-2021
Ortiz, Josue New York Erie 2006 2015 Manslaughter Term of Years 25 years 8 22 Hispanic Male 2014 02-04-2015
Palmer, Sylvian North Carolina Davidson 1932 1935 Robbery Term of Years 15 years 2 20 White Male 1935
Peel, John Florida Pinellas 2000 2002 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 years 2 18 White Male 2002 10-11-2011
Perez, Jose California Ventura 2012 2019 Robbery Term of Years 13 years 7 19 Hispanic Male 2019 10-29-2019
Perez, Richard California Orange 2001 2001 Robbery Not Sentenced 1 19 Hispanic Male 2001 07-29-2012
Persico, Charles California Los Angeles 1981 1986 Manslaughter Term of Years 6 years 3 37 Hispanic Male 1984
Pezzulich, Frank New York New York 1919 1921 Robbery Term of Years 8 to 16 years 1 33 White Male 1920
Phillips, Richard Michigan Oakland 1971 2022 Robbery Term of Years 7 to 22 1/2 years 1 25 Black Male 1972 10-04-2022
Piano, Anthony Pennsylvania Allegheny 1937 1937 Robbery Term of Years 2 to 4 years 0 18 Don't Know Male 1937
Pitman, Perman New Jersey Camden 2007 2010 Manslaughter Term of Years 5 years 2 34 Black Male 2010 02-12-2016
Prentice, Mark New York Tompkins 1989 1995 Robbery Term of Years 12 1/2 to 25 years 6 27 White Male 1995 10-31-2014
Priester, James New York Rensselaer 1981 1984 Manslaughter Term of Years 8.3 to 25 years 3 Don't Know Male 1984
Prisament, Martin Fed-GA 1937 1939 Robbery Term of Years 3 years 2 21 White Male 1939
Ralston, Sean Massachusetts Middlesex 1989 1992 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 to 15 years 3 18 White Male 1991 10-25-2014
Ramchair, Racky New York Queens 1997 2010 Robbery Term of Years 10 to 20 years 13 22 Other Male 2010 07-02-2014
Rasheed, Abdul North Carolina Durham 1999 2021 Robbery Term of Years 14 7/12 to 19 years 0 21 Black Male 1999 02-22-2022
Redding, Ralph New York Westchester 2011 2023 Robbery Term of Years 12 years 11 22 Black Male 2023 02-20-2024
Reed, Mary New York Westchester 1973 1976 Manslaughter Term of Years 4 to 15 years 2 Don't Know Female 1975
Reichert, Joseph Washington King 2001 2003 Robbery Not Sentenced 2 20 White Male 2003 09-05-2017
Reilly, Peter Connecticut Litchfield 1974 1976 Manslaughter Term of Years 6 to 16 years 0 18 White Male 1974
Richardson, Dietrich Illinois Peoria 2011 2016 Robbery Term of Years 30 years 3 22 Black Male 2014 01-08-2017
Rigel, Sierra Oregon Curry 2011 2014 Manslaughter Community Service 0 17 White Female 2011 08-24-2014
Roberts, John New York Queens 1877 1878 Robbery Term of Years 20 years 2 32 White Male 1878 09-12-2022
Roberts, Lisa Oregon Multnomah 2004 2014 Manslaughter Term of Years 15 years 9 37 Black Female 2014 06-09-2014
Robertson, Shakara Texas Dallas 1996 2012 Robbery Probation 0 18 Black Male 1996 06-18-2012
Robles, Willie California San Diego 1991 1991 Robbery Not Sentenced 0 18 Hispanic Male 1991 10-04-2012
Rodriguez, Jeffrey California Santa Clara 2003 2007 Robbery Term of Years 25 to Life 4 24 Hispanic Male 2007 08-29-2011
Rodriguez, Jose New York Bronx 2007 2011 Robbery Term of Years 10 years 3 19 Hispanic Male 2010 08-29-2011
Rogers, Mandel Texas Harris 1999 2014 Robbery Term of Years 12 years 11 18 Black Male 2009 10-21-2014
Ruffin, Steven New York Kings 1996 2024 Manslaughter Term of Years 20 to 40 years 14 17 Black Male 2010 02-20-2024
Russell, Stephen Lynn Texas Dallas 1980 1990 Robbery Term of Years 50 years 10 26 White Male 1990 08-29-2011
Sabin, Theodore Illinois Winnebago 1957 1957 Robbery Unknown 0 24 Don't Know Male 1957 04-27-2021
Sailors, Gerald Indiana Huntington 1991 1993 Manslaughter Term of Years 22 years 1 46 White Male 1992 07-28-2017
Sandy, Barshiri North Carolina Wake 2014 2016 Robbery Term of Years 21 years 2 32 Black Male 2016 08-06-2016
Sargent, George Fed-OH 1935 1937 Robbery Term of Years 25 years 2 37 Don't Know Male 1937
Schulz, Stephen New York Suffolk 1999 2009 Robbery Term of Years 11 years 10 35 White Male 2009 05-12-2013
Schweitzer, Shawn Hawaii Hawaii 2000 2023 Manslaughter Term of Years 1 year 0 16 Other Male 2000 11-01-2023
Scott, John New York Queens 1997 2006 Robbery Term of Years 25 years 4 Black Male 2001 09-02-2020
Sgelirrach, Frank New York New York 1919 1921 Robbery Term of Years 8 to 16 years 1 27 White Male 1920
Shakirov, Mansur Illinois McLean 2014 2018 Manslaughter Term of Years 4 years 2 28 White Male 2015 06-05-2018
Shannon, Earl Texas Navarro 1925 1929 Robbery Term of Years 5 years 0 White Male 1926
Shannon, Mason Illinois LaSalle 2018 2024 Manslaughter Not Sentenced 0 42 White Male 2018 07-15-2024
Shaw, Anthony Illinois Cook 2012 2018 Robbery Term of Years 6 years 2 29 Black Male 2015 04-24-2019
Shaw, Johnnie Lee Michigan Wayne 1960 1961 Robbery Term of Years 5 to 15 years 1 23 Black Male 1961
Showers, Kurtis DeAngelo Michigan Wayne 1994 1998 Robbery Life 4 28 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011
Silva, Juan Sr. Wisconsin Milwaukee 2014 2015 Manslaughter Term of Years 5 years 1 43 Hispanic Male 2015 08-20-2015
Sims, Lennie Darrold California Los Angeles 1992 1994 Robbery Term of Years 7 years 0 24 Black Male 1992 05-01-2013
Singleton, Edward Indiana Lake 1931 1935 Robbery Term of Years 10 years 4 39 White Male 1935
Slyter, George Minnesota Hennepin 1931 1931 Robbery Not Sentenced 0 29 White Male 1931
Smith, Codey Missouri Barton 2008 2012 Robbery Term of Years 16 years 4 21 White Male 2012 06-02-2017
Smith, Julius New Jersey Hudson 2010 2017 Robbery Term of Years 20 years 5 30 Black Male 2016 02-17-2018
Smith, Marcus Lashun Texas Dallas 1995 2012 Robbery Probation 0 21 Black Male 1995 06-18-2012
Snipes, Steven North Carolina Lee 1998 2003 Robbery Term of Years 7 years and 6 months 5 35 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011
Starks, Ronnie Illinois Lake 1982 1985 Robbery Term of Years 11 years 3 White Male 1985
Statler, Paul E. Washington Spokane 2009 2013 Robbery Term of Years 42 years 4 21 White Male 2012 07-26-2013
Stewart, Arthur New York Queens 1995 2001 Robbery Term of Years 7 to 14 years 6 35 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Strickland, J.F. Texas Cherokee 1939 1940 Robbery Term of Years 5 years 1 Don't Know Male 1940
Strickland, Reshenda Washington Clark 2004 2004 Robbery Term of Years 6 months 0 24 Black Female 2004 08-29-2011
Sturgeon, Richard Texas Harris 1999 2009 Robbery Term of Years 50 years 10 32 Black Male 2009 06-18-2012
Surpris, Henry North Carolina Wake 2014 2016 Robbery Term of Years 10 years 2 34 Black Male 2016 08-10-2016
Swartz, Mary Washington Spokane 1918 1920 Manslaughter Term of Years 1 to 10 years 2 Don't Know Female 1920 04-25-2022
Taff, Maurice Missouri St. Louis 1931 1932 Robbery Term of Years 10 years 1 19 White Male 1932
Taylor, Harold Massachusetts Suffolk 1927 1927 Robbery Term of Years 4 to 7 years 0 Don't Know Male 1927
Taylor, Rodolfo New York Suffolk 1985 2022 Robbery Term of Years 18 to 36 years 25 23 Black Male 2010 02-06-2022
Tedtaotao, Jathan Guam 2014 2015 Robbery Term of Years 21 years 1 18 Other Male 2015 05-07-2015
Terens, Daniel Wisconsin Manitowoc 1991 1993 Manslaughter Term of Years 20 years 2 27 White Male 1993 05-31-2013