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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 47 years | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2014 | 02-27-2015 |
| Johnson, Chad | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 9 | 28 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-29-2019 | |
| Johnson, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 19 | Black | Male | 2016 | 03-01-2017 | ||
| Johnson, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 14 | Black | Male | 2005 | 09-19-2023 | ||
| Johnson, Demetrius | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2004 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Johnson, Donald | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 41 | Black | Male | 2005 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Johnson, Juan | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2004 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 11 | 19 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Johnson, Lumont | Illinois | Winnebago | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 10 | 29 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-24-2015 |
| Johnson, Sherman | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-06-2022 | |
| Johnson, Trinere | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Female | 2008 | 03-02-2021 | ||
| Johnson, Zarice | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 1 | 18 | Black | Male | 2009 | 02-26-2019 | |
| Jones, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 27 | Black | Male | 2010 | 10-11-2022 | |
| Jones, Isiah | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 18 months | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2004 | 12-11-2023 | |
| Jones, Melvin | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 1989 | Murder | Life without parole | 6 | 30 | Black | Male | 1989 | 05-18-2013 | ||
| Jones, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 2015 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 44 | Black | Male | 2016 | 05-23-2023 | |
| Jones, Ronald | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 10 | 34 | Black | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Jordan, Elgin | Illinois | Cook | 2016 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 3 | 46 | Black | Male | 2018 | 05-24-2023 | |
| Kelly, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2024 | 02-05-2024 |
| Key, George | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 41 | Black | Male | 2004 | 05-10-2022 | ||
| King, Joshua | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 4 months | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2007 | 10-04-2022 | |
| Kitchen, Ronald | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 19 | 22 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Kittler, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 3 | 15 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Kluppelberg, James | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 23 | 18 | White | Male | 2007 | 2012 | 05-31-2012 | |
| Kruger, David | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 21 | Black | Male | DK | 2001 | 12-02-2024 |
| Kwil, Richard | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 23 | 19 | Native American | Male | 2011 | 2023 | 04-24-2023 |
| Leaks, Marie | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 44 | Black | Female | 2009 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Lewis, Derrick | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years and 6 months | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-22-2019 | |
| Lewis, Earl | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2005 | 04-27-2022 | |
| Lewis, Jamar | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 4 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 11-28-2018 | |
| Lewis, Sherman | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 2006 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Lindsey, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 2010 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 30 | Black | Male | 2010 | 02-22-2019 | |
| Lipscomb, Russ | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 40 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Lockett, Jesse | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2005 | 01-19-2021 | ||
| Logan, Alton | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 26 | 28 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Logan, Leonard | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2019 | 10-26-2023 | |
| Lomax, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 45 | Black | Male | 2003 | 12-09-2018 | ||
| Lyons, Marcus | Illinois | DuPage | 1988 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 6 years | 2 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Madison, Lonnell | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 02-14-2022 | |
| Mapp, Derrick | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 01-19-2021 | |
| Marshall, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 28 | 32 | Black | Male | 2019 | 08-28-2024 | |
| Martin, Darnell | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-14-2022 | ||
| Martin, Willie | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 6 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Martinez, John | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2023 | 03-03-2023 |
| Masterson, Kerry | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 58 years | 6 | 23 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 11-10-2017 | |
| Maxson, Mark | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 31 | Black | Male | 2016 | 10-02-2016 | ||
| Mayberry, David | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 35 | Black | Male | 2006 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years and 6 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-26-2020 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-13-2022 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-10-2022 | |
| Maysonet, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 22 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 2017 | 11-20-2017 | |
| McCarty, Desmond | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-07-2024 | |
| McCullough, Jack | Illinois | DeKalb | 2012 | 2016 | Murder | Life | 4 | 18 | White | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 05-02-2016 | |
| McDaniels, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2018 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 12 years | 7 | 40 | Black | Male | 2018 | 11-28-2018 | |
| McDonald, Octayvia | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Female | 2005 | 12-09-2018 | ||
| McIntosh, Norman | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 13 | 23 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 10-26-2016 |
| McNairy, Andre | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 9 years | 6 | 44 | Black | Male | 2015 | 11-28-2018 | |
| Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 35 | 22 | White | Male | 2024 | 01-02-2025 | ||
| Mendoza, Madeline | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 16 | 16 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2009 | 01-10-2023 |
| Mitchell, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Mitchell, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 15 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2008 | 06-11-2017 |
| Molette, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2007 | 04-27-2023 | |
| Montanez, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 22 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 2016 | 07-23-2016 |
| Moore, Elgen | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-10-2022 | ||
| Moore, James | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 45 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Moore, Jonathan | Illinois | Kane | 2002 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 76 years | 10 | 18 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-18-2012 | |
| Moore, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 34 years | 9 | 37 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2018 | 08-29-2024 |
| Morales, Miguel | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 21 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 2015 | 11-14-2023 |
| Moran, Nakiya | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2017 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 62 years | 7 | 17 | White | Male | 2017 | 06-06-2018 | |
| Morfin, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 24 | 17 | White | Male | 2000 | 2021 | 02-08-2021 | |
| Morris, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2005 | 01-19-2021 | |
| Morris, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 26 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-02-2021 | |
| Morris, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2004 | 05-10-2022 | |
| Moye, Terrence | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 2010 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Mulero, Marilyn | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Death | 27 | 21 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2020 | 08-22-2022 | |
| Munoz, Reynaldo | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 30 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 03-09-2022 | |
| Myles, Roosevelt | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 25 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2020 | 01-05-2023 |
| Nanez, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Nash, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2004 | 05-10-2022 | ||
| Negron, William | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 0 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 1995 | 04-26-2017 | |
| Newell, Lolita | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Female | 2005 | 05-18-2022 | |
| Newman, Lloyd | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 27 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-02-2021 | ||
| Newsome, James | Illinois | Cook | 1980 | 1995 | Murder | Life | 14 | 24 | Black | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Nile, JaJuan | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 2009 | 04-13-2020 | |
| O'Neal, Harry | Illinois | Will | 2015 | 2019 | Assault | Term of Years | 6 years | 4 | 42 | Black | Male | 2018 | 01-09-2020 | |
| Ochoa, Daniel Alberto | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 15 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 12-17-2021 | |
| Ollie, George | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 35 | Black | Male | 2004 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Ollins, Calvin | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Ollins, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 13 | 16 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Orange, Leroy | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 18 | 32 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ortiz, Edwin | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 17 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 2010 | 08-06-2024 |
| Ortiz, Luis | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 3 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Owens, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2007 | 05-16-2022 | ||
| Owens, Ron | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2004 | 05-11-2022 | ||
| Patrick, Bryant | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | 25 | Black | Male | 2010 | 01-19-2021 | |
| Patrick, Bryant | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-02-2021 | ||
| Patrick, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 20 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2014 | 01-10-2014 | |
| Patterson, Aaron | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 13 | 21 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Patterson, Javon | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2010 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 1 | 25 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Patterson, Maurice | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2010 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 7 | 35 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2010 | 08-29-2011 |
| Payne, Cordero | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-22-2019 |