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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walls, George | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 2003 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 10 years | 8 | 39 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-30-2012 | |
| Ware, Robert | Illinois | Woodford | 2017 | 2022 | Assault | Term of Years | 4 years | 3 | 40 | Black | Male | 2021 | 05-31-2023 | |
| Warren, Dawan | Indiana | DeKalb | 1998 | 2013 | Robbery | Term of Years | 6 years | 5 | 18 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2003 | 07-24-2022 |
| Washington, Sean | New Jersey | Camden | 1996 | 2020 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 to life | 24 | 23 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2020 | 02-28-2020 |
| Washington, Terrance | Florida | Leon | 1997 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 3 | 16 | Black | Male | 2000 | 10-02-2022 | ||
| Watford, Roy III | Virginia | Portsmouth City | 1978 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 1978 | 03-08-2018 | ||
| Watkins, Cathy | New York | Bronx | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 15 | 27 | Black | Female | 1997 | 2012 | 12-13-2012 |
| Watkins, Jacob | Oregon | Marion | 2011 | 2023 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 years and 6 months | 12 | 23 | White | Male | 2023 | 06-26-2024 | |
| Watts, Oneal | New York | Bronx | 2015 | 2020 | Attempt, Violent | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | 20 | Black | Male | 2018 | 02-16-2021 | |
| Weakley, Eric | Virginia | Culpeper | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 6 years and 8 months | 5 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 01-26-2022 | |
| Weaver, Joseph | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1927 | 1929 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 1929 | |||
| Weaver, Mary | Iowa | Marshall | 1994 | 1997 | Murder | Life without parole | 2 | 41 | White | Female | 1996 | 07-29-2012 | ||
| Weeks, Carlos | New York | Kings | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 1/2 to Life | 25 | 20 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2019 | 10-09-2019 |
| Welcome, Ernest | New York | Bronx | 1970 | 1977 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years to life | 8 | 20 | Black | Male | 1977 | 03-30-2021 | |
| Wenger, Braden | California | Contra Costa | 2015 | 2016 | Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor | Term of Years | 25 days | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 2015 | 02-07-2017 | |
| Werkheiser, Julie | New York | Tioga | 2015 | 2024 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 11 to Life | 8 | 31 | White | Female | 2019 | 2023 | 02-08-2024 |
| Wheeler-Whichard, Jonathan | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2007 | 1997 | 08-29-2011 |
| White, Michael | New York | Erie | 2006 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 years | 5 | 35 | Native American | Male | 2011 | 05-20-2015 | |
| Wilbur, Raymond | Rhode Island | Providence | 1969 | 1974 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 15 years | 4 | 28 | Don't Know | Male | 1974 | 01-09-2023 | |
| Wiley, Kelvin | California | San Diego | 1990 | 1992 | Assault | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 1992 | 09-07-2012 |
| Willett, Jeffery | Wisconsin | Washington | 2007 | 2010 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 3 | 29 | White | Male | 2010 | 06-26-2012 | |
| Williams, Darnell | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2020 | Other Violent Misdemeanor | Probation | 0 | 36 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2017 | 06-28-2024 | |
| Williams, Eugene | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 15 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
| Williams, George | Onslow | 1922 | 1928 | Murder | Death | 5 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||||
| Williams, Hubert | Maryland | Baltimore | 1998 | 2009 | Attempted Murder | Life | 100 years | 11 | 46 | White | Male | 2009 | 04-17-2019 | |
| Willing, Rusty | Illinois | Adams | 2016 | 2020 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 2 | 34 | White | Male | 2018 | 06-23-2020 | |
| Wilmoth, Franklin | Ohio | Portage | 1994 | 2000 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 51 | White | Male | 1995 | 10-18-2018 | |
| Wilson, Carol Jean | Michigan | Wayne | 2011 | 2013 | Forgery | Probation | 0 | 57 | Black | Female | 2011 | 12-30-2013 | ||
| Wilson, Dale | Oregon | Marion | 2016 | 2022 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 4 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 04-24-2024 |
| Wilson, David | Florida | Miami-Dade | 1967 | 1971 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 1971 | ||
| Wilson, William | Blount | 1915 | 1918 | Murder | Life | 3 | 38 | White | Male | 1918 | ||||
| Winfrey, Richard Sr. | Texas | San Jacinto | 2007 | 2010 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 3 | 49 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Winston, Michael | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 5 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-21-2018 | |
| Wood, Danny | Indiana | Bartholomew | 1987 | 1990 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 12 years | 4 | 26 | White | Male | 1990 | 06-16-2020 | |
| Woods, William | California | Los Angeles | 2021 | 2024 | Fraud | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 51 | White | Male | 2023 | 2021 | 04-21-2024 |
| Woolfolk, Michael | Georgia | Fulton | 2004 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 23 | Black | Male | 2021 | 05-22-2021 | ||
| Woolson, Skippy | New York | Oswego | 2013 | 2016 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 13 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2015 | 2016 | 03-18-2017 |
| Wosu, Joy | New York | Erie | 1993 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 16 | 33 | Black | Female | 2009 | 12-18-2013 | |
| Yang, Justin | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2004 | 2006 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 7 years | 2 | 34 | Asian | Male | 2006 | 08-09-2021 | |
| Yelder, George | Alabama | Lowndes | 1928 | 1928 | Murder | Life | 0 | 55 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||
| Zambino, Luigi | New Jersey | Mercer | 1906 | 1909 | Forgery | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | White | Male | 1909 | |||
| Zawacki, Richard | Indiana | Huntington | 2000 | 2001 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 38 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-08-2017 |