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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 |
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| O'Donnell, James | New York | Richmond | 1998 | 2000 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 1/2 to 7 years | 2 | 32 | White | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | |
| O'Hara, John | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2017 | Fraud | Probation | 0 | 32 | White | Male | 2016 | 1997 | 01-26-2017 | |
| O'Neal, Johnnie | New York | New York | 1985 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 14 | 25 | Black | Male | 1999 | 08-26-2013 | |
| Odiase, Steven | New York | Bronx | 2013 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 2017 | 11-03-2017 | |
| Oladapo, Ayodeji | New Jersey | Union | 2004 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 18 years | 5 | 27 | Black | Male | 2009 | 05-16-2018 | |
| Olsen, Roger | Minnesota | Houston | 2006 | 2008 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 24 years | 2 | 37 | White | Male | 2008 | 03-08-2016 | |
| Ortiz, Anthony | New York | New York | 1993 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to life | 16 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 2010 | 10-07-2012 |
| Ortiz, Josue | New York | Erie | 2006 | 2015 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 25 years | 8 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2014 | 02-04-2015 | |
| Ortiz, Nelson | Puerto Rico | Aguadilla | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life | 22 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 2016 | 10-13-2016 | |
| Ortiz, Sandra | New Jersey | Passaic | 2001 | 2003 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 30 | Hispanic | Female | 2001 | 06-25-2013 | ||
| Overton, Hannah | Texas | Nueces | 2007 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 7 | 29 | White | Female | 2014 | 04-10-2015 | ||
| Owens, James L. | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1988 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 20 | 22 | White | Male | 1988 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Owens, Phillip | New York | Monroe | 2013 | 2018 | Attempt, Violent | Term of Years | 11 to 13 years | 5 | 26 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-20-2022 | |
| Pacheco, Justin | California | Solano | 1998 | 2000 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 05-31-2013 | ||
| Padgett, Larry Randal | Alabama | Marshall | 1992 | 1997 | Murder | Death | 5 | 40 | White | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Padilla, Fidel | New York | Rockland | 2012 | 2014 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Not Sentenced | 0 | 53 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 06-14-2015 | ||
| Palmer, Sylvian | North Carolina | Davidson | 1932 | 1935 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 1935 | ||
| Paradis, Donald | Idaho | Kootenai | 1981 | 2001 | Murder | Death | 19 | 30 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Parker, Michael | North Carolina | Henderson | 1994 | 2014 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 21 | 35 | White | Male | 2010 | 2014 | 08-25-2014 | |
| Parkes, Timothy | Fed-TN | (Eastern) | 2009 | 2012 | Fraud | Term of Years | 6 years and 6 months | 2 | 49 | White | Male | 2012 | 06-25-2013 | |
| Parrott, Lemuel | North Carolina | Lenoir | 1947 | 1948 | Murder | Death | 1 | 27 | Don't Know | Male | 1948 | |||
| Partin, Delmar | Kentucky | Knox | 1994 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 25 | 37 | White | Male | 2019 | 04-03-2020 | ||
| Patrick, Marvin | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Payne, Dana | Minnesota | Hennepin | 1989 | 1991 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 28 | White | Male | 1989 | 10-25-2014 | |
| Payne, Glenn | California | Santa Clara | 1990 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 27 years | 14 | 28 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2005 | 01-29-2018 |
| Peak, Carolyn June | Arizona | Pima | 2000 | 2003 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 3 | 39 | White | Female | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Peel, John | Florida | Pinellas | 2000 | 2002 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 10 years | 2 | 18 | White | Male | 2002 | 10-11-2011 | |
| Pender, John | Oregon | Columbia | 1913 | 1920 | Murder | Death | 7 | 32 | White | Male | 1920 | |||
| Perez, Carlos | New York | Bronx | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 16 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1997 | 2012 | 12-13-2012 |
| Perez, Carlos | New York | Bronx | 1997 | 2013 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 0 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1997 | 1997 | 09-20-2013 |
| Perez, Duarnis | Fed-NY | (Northern) | 2000 | 2006 | Immigration | Term of Years | 4 3/4 years | 4 | 27 | Hispanic | Male | 2004 | 09-11-2012 | |
| Perry, Dennis | Georgia | Camden | 2003 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 23 | White | Male | 2020 | 08-09-2021 | ||
| Perry, James Norman | Michigan | Oakland | 2006 | 2008 | Child Sex Abuse | Not Sentenced | 0 | 31 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Peterson, Kevin K. | Nebraska | Douglas | 1994 | 1995 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 33 | White | Male | 1995 | 04-18-2013 | ||
| Peterson, Mark | Wisconsin | Winnebago | 1990 | 1990 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 0 | 29 | White | Male | 1990 | 10-10-2014 | ||
| Phillips, Richard | Michigan | Wayne | 1972 | 2018 | Murder | Life without parole | 45 | 25 | Black | Male | 2017 | 04-01-2018 | ||
| Phillips, Steven | Texas | Dallas | 1982 | 2008 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 40 years | 25 | 22 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Phinney, Roland Jr. | Massachusetts | Middlesex | 1990 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 16 | 36 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Piccarreto, Rene | New York | Monroe | 1976 | 1978 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years to life | 1 | 48 | White | Male | 1978 | ||
| Pichardo, Juan Carlos | New York | New York | 1994 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to life | 6 | 23 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 03-16-2013 | |
| Pickett, Daniel | California | Butte | 2004 | 2004 | Child Sex Abuse | Not Sentenced | 0 | 43 | White | Male | 2004 | 09-03-2012 | ||
| Pierce, Jeffrey Todd | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1986 | 2001 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 65 years | 15 | 23 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Pitman, Perman | New Jersey | Camden | 2007 | 2010 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 34 | Black | Male | 2010 | 02-12-2016 | |
| Pitts, Freddie | Florida | Gulf | 1963 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 1975 | |||
| Plotnick, Samuel | Kentucky | Whitley | 2001 | 2008 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 28 | White | Male | 2006 | 2008 | 12-29-2012 |
| Polanco, Dionisio | Rhode Island | Providence | 2008 | 2011 | Assault | Term of Years | 10 years | 3 | 38 | Hispanic | Male | 2011 | 02-21-2023 | |
| Poole, Gilbert Jr. | Michigan | Oakland | 1989 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 23 | White | Male | 2021 | 06-18-2021 | ||
| Pope, Joseph | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1986 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 35 | 30 | Black | Male | 2021 | 11-09-2022 | ||
| Porter, Michael | Florida | Pasco | 1988 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Life | 14 | 26 | White | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Potts, Clinton | Oklahoma | Muskogee | 2009 | 2012 | Murder | Life without parole | 3 | 30 | White | Male | 2012 | 09-30-2013 | ||
| Powell, James Hoyt | Georgia | Cobb | 1973 | 1975 | Murder | Life | 2 | 35 | White | Male | 1975 | |||
| Powell, Paris | Oklahoma | Cleveland | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Prete, Jennifer Del | Illinois | Will | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 31 | White | Female | 2014 | 10-13-2022 | |
| Puckett, Jeremy | California | Sacramento | 2002 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 21 | Black | Male | 2020 | 03-31-2020 | ||
| Pugh, Earl Howard | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Life | 16 | 19 | Black | Male | 1953 | |||
| Puskas, Timothy | New Jersey | Middlesex | 2017 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 4 | 38 | White | Male | 2021 | 04-02-2024 | |
| Quezada, Ruddy | New York | Kings | 1993 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 22 | 29 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 2015 | 09-02-2015 |
| Ramirez-Lopez, Juan | Fed-CA | (Southern) | 2000 | 2003 | Immigration | Term of Years | 6 1/2 years | 2 | 44 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 10-15-2012 | |
| Ramos, Alberto | New York | Bronx | 1985 | 1994 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 8 1/3 to 25 years | 7 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1992 | 02-26-2012 | |
| Raya, Amany | Fed-VA | (Western) | 2020 | 2021 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Not Sentenced | 1 | 37 | White | Female | 2020 | 05-25-2021 | ||
| Rayford, Juan | California | Los Angeles | 2004 | 2023 | Attempted Murder | Life | 16 | 18 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2020 | 06-12-2023 | |
| Reasonover, Ellen | Missouri | St. Louis | 1983 | 1999 | Murder | Life | 16 | 24 | Black | Female | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Redd, Derrick | New York | Queens | 2011 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 6 | 35 | Black | Male | 2018 | 04-23-2018 | |
| Reeder, Kuantau | Louisiana | Orleans | 1995 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 20 | Black | Male | 2021 | 03-24-2022 | ||
| Reid, Gordon | New Hampshire | Hillsborough | 1987 | 1988 | Child Sex Abuse | Not Sentenced | 1 | 26 | Don't Know | Male | 1988 | |||
| Reilly, Peter | Connecticut | Litchfield | 1974 | 1976 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 6 to 16 years | 0 | 18 | White | Male | 1974 | ||
| Reissfelder, George | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1967 | 1982 | Murder | Life | 10 | 26 | White | Male | 1977 | |||
| Reyes, Andrew | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2010 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 12 years | 1 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 1993 | 06-02-2020 | |
| Reynolds, Donald | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 1997 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 69 years | 10 | 20 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Reynolds, Melvin Lee | Missouri | Buchanan | 1979 | 1983 | Murder | Life | 4 | 24 | White | Male | 1983 | |||
| Reynolds, Roger | Ohio | Butler | 2022 | 2024 | Official Misconduct | Probation | 0 | 47 | White | Male | 2022 | 06-27-2024 | ||
| Rhodes, Troy | Louisiana | Orleans | 2003 | 2021 | Attempted Murder | Life | 149 years | 15 | 34 | Black | Male | 2018 | 11-15-2021 | |
| Rice, Charles | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2013 | 2024 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 30 to 60 years | 11 | 17 | Black | Male | 2023 | 04-07-2024 | |
| Richardson, Dietrich | Illinois | Peoria | 2011 | 2016 | Robbery | Term of Years | 30 years | 3 | 22 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-08-2017 | |
| Richardson, Julie | California | San Diego | 1999 | 2001 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 44 | White | Female | 2000 | 01-26-2014 | |
| Riley, Raymond | New York | Kings | 1936 | 1948 | Theft | Term of Years | 1.5 to 5 years | 0 | 38 | Don't Know | Male | 1936 | ||
| Risha, Jesse | Fed-PA | (Western) | 2004 | 2006 | Attempt, Violent | Not Sentenced | 0 | 47 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Rivas, Edgar | Fed-NY | (Southern) | 2003 | 2004 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 10 years and 1 month | 2 | 37 | Hispanic | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Rivera, Alfred | North Carolina | Forsyth | 1997 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 2 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Rivera, Jonathan | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 2007 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 1 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Rivera, Miguel | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1974 | 1987 | Murder | Life | 8 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1983 | |||
| Roberts, Charles | Georgia | Cobb | 1975 | 1975 | Murder | Life | 1 | White | Male | 1975 | ||||
| Roberts, Keith | New York | Kings | 1987 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 to life | 7 | 29 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1994 | 10-22-2024 |
| Roberts, Larry Trent | Pennsylvania | Dauphin | 2007 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 12 | 35 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2019 | 09-22-2019 | |
| Roberts, Lisa | Oregon | Multnomah | 2004 | 2014 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 15 years | 9 | 37 | Black | Female | 2014 | 06-09-2014 | |
| Robinson, Ivan | Fed-DC | 2017 | 2023 | Fraud | Term of Years | 11 years and 3 months | 4 | 41 | Black | Male | 2021 | 04-17-2024 | ||
| Robinson, Van Bering | New Mexico | Bernalillo | 1981 | 1983 | Murder | Life | 2 | 22 | Black | Male | 1983 | |||
| Rodriguez, Jose | New York | Bronx | 2007 | 2011 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 3 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Rodriguez, Wildon | New York | Kings | 1999 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 20 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 03-01-2021 | |
| Rohan, Phil | California | Los Angeles | 1928 | 1930 | Murder | Life | 2 | 19 | White | Male | 1930 | |||
| Rollins, Offord IV | California | Kern | 1992 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 29 to life | 4 | 17 | Black | Male | 1996 | 10-04-2012 | |
| Ross, Johnny | Orleans Parish | 1975 | 1981 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 16 | Black | Male | 1981 | ||||
| Ross, Vincent | New Jersey | Essex | 1989 | 1992 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 21 | Black | Male | 1991 | 04-08-2021 | |
| Rubin, Jerry | Fed-IL | (Northern) | 1970 | 1973 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 5 years and $5,000 fine | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 1970 | 02-11-2023 | |
| Ruff, Alton Wayne | Georgia | Cobb | 1973 | 1975 | Murder | Life | 2 | 25 | White | Male | 1975 | |||
| Ruiz, Nelson | Puerto Rico | Aguadilla | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life | 22 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 2016 | 10-13-2016 | |
| Russo, Carmine | New Jersey | Essex | 1997 | 2001 | Assault | Fine | 0 | 51 | White | Male | 1997 | 06-06-2018 | ||
| Russotti, Samuel | New York | Monroe | 1976 | 1978 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years to life | 1 | 60 | White | Male | 1978 | ||
| Sadr, Ali | Fed-NY | (Southern) | 2020 | 2020 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Not Sentenced | 0 | 34 | Asian | Male | 2020 | 07-30-2020 | ||
| Saecker, Frederic | Wisconsin | Buffalo | 1990 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 15 years | 7 | 38 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |