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: 2368
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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
Manning, Willie Mississippi Oktibbeha 1996 2015 Murder Death 19 24 Black Male 2002 2015 04-29-2015
Mansfield, Troy Texas Williamson 1993 2016 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 3 months 0 25 White Male 1993 01-30-2018
Mapp, Derrick Illinois Cook 2006 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years 2 33 Black Male 2008 01-19-2021
Marcinkiewicz, Theodore Illinois Cook 1933 1950 Murder Term of Years 99 years 16 25 White Male 1950
Marcucci, Paul Massachusetts Bristol 2011 2016 Arson Term of Years 8 to 10 years 5 47 White Male 2016 08-04-2016
Marez, Vincent Arizona Maricopa 2018 2019 Traffic Offense Term of Years 1 day 0 20 Hispanic Male 2018 09-05-2024
Marino, Richard J. New York Monroe 1976 1978 Murder Term of Years 25 years to life 2 32 White Male 1978
Marotta, Thomas E. New York Monroe 1976 1978 Murder Term of Years 25 years to life 1 30 White Male 1978
Marsh, Guy Gordon Anne Arundel 1973 1987 Murder Life 14 25 White Male 1987
Marshall, Arvel New York Kings 2009 2024 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 15 35 Black Male 2023 2024 08-16-2024
Marshall, James Illinois Cook 1991 2024 Murder Term of Years 60 years 28 32 Black Male 2019 08-28-2024
Marshall, Joseph Texas Swisher 2000 2003 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 20 Black Male 2000 06-01-2022
Marshall, Ronnie Tennessee Sumner 1990 1996 Murder Life 5 28 White Male 1996 08-29-2011
Martin, Darnell Illinois Cook 2004 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 22 Black Male 2004 02-14-2022
Martin, Doris Texas Harris 2011 2024 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 180 days 0 49 Black Female 2011 10-02-2024
Martin, Garland Texas Midland 1999 2024 Murder Life 25 35 White Male 2024 09-11-2024
Martin, Kevin District of Columbia 1984 2014 Manslaughter Term of Years 15 to Life 25 17 Black Male 2009 07-21-2014
Martin, Rashon New York Bronx 2013 2019 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 5 20 Black Male 2019 2018 07-28-2020
Martin, Wayne New York Kings 2010 2016 Murder Life without parole 6 35 Black Male 2016 09-12-2016
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, Angelo New York Queens 1986 2002 Murder Term of Years 25 to Life 16 19 Hispanic Male 2002 08-29-2011
Martinez, Antonio Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1990 2020 Murder Life 30 37 Hispanic Male 2020 11-09-2020
Martinez, Joaquin Jose Florida Hillsborough 1997 2001 Murder Death 4 23 Hispanic Male 1999 2001 08-31-2011
Martinez, John Illinois Cook 2001 2023 Murder Term of Years 25 years 22 18 Hispanic Male 2016 2023 03-03-2023
Martinez, Ruben Jr. California Los Angeles 2008 2019 Robbery Term of Years 40 years and 8 months 12 Hispanic Male 2019 11-18-2019
Martorano, Raymond Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1984 1999 Murder Life without parole 15 53 White Male 1999 11-17-2014
Mason, Terrence New York Queens 1987 1995 Robbery Term of Years 10 to 20 years 7 32 Black Male 1994 12-03-2013
Massey, Shawn Giovanni North Carolina Mecklenburg 1999 2010 Kidnapping Term of Years 11 1/2 to 15 1/4 years 11 25 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Masters, Timothy Colorado Larimer 1999 2008 Murder Life 9 15 White Male 2008 08-29-2011
Masterson, Kerry Illinois Cook 2011 2017 Murder Term of Years 58 years 6 23 Hispanic Female 2017 11-10-2017
Mata, Laura Texas Swisher 1999 2003 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 5 years 4 21 Hispanic Female 2003 06-07-2022
Mathews, Aaron Texas Harris 2013 2023 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 180 days 0 25 Black Male 2014 05-01-2023
Mathis, Kelly Florida Seminole 2013 2017 Fraud Term of Years 6 years 0 59 White Male 2013 04-19-2017
Matsumoto, Keith Hawaii Honolulu 2014 2020 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 months 1 54 Asian Male 2014 12-07-2020
Matthews, Brent Fed-MD 2011 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years and 10 months 2 36 Black Male 2013 06-06-2019
Matthews, Ernest North Carolina Duplin 1993 2016 Murder Term of Years 20 years 7 20 Black Male 2007 2000 10-26-2016
Matthews, Ryan Louisiana Jefferson 1999 2004 Murder Death 5 17 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Maxson, Mark Illinois Cook 1994 2016 Murder Life without parole 23 31 Black Male 2016 10-02-2016
Maxwell, Bobby Joe California Los Angeles 1984 2018 Murder Life without parole 34 29 Black Male 2018 08-16-2018
Mayberry, David Illinois Cook 2006 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 1 year 0 35 Black Male 2006 04-13-2020
Mayes, Larry Indiana Lake 1982 2001 Sexual Assault Term of Years 80 years 19 30 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Maynard, William A. New York New York 1970 1974 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 to 20 years 3 33 Black Male 1974
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
Mazza, Anthony Massachusetts Suffolk 1973 2021 Murder Life without parole 47 25 White Male 1977 2020 06-13-2021
McAllister, Patrick Washington Jefferson 2012 2018 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 years and 10 months 5 46 White Male 2017 05-17-2018
McCallum, David New York Kings 1986 2014 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 28 16 Black Male 2014 10-16-2014
McCann, Raymond II Michigan St. Joseph 2015 2017 Perjury Term of Years 1 year and 8 months 1 45 White Male 2015 12-11-2017
McCarty, Curtis Oklahoma Oklahoma 1986 2007 Murder Death 21 20 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
McCarty, Desmond Illinois Cook 2001 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years 2 17 Black Male 2003 08-07-2024
McClain, Anthony Ohio Hamilton 1995 2006 Murder Term of Years 18 to life 11 35 Black Male 2006 09-05-2013
McClaugherty, Charles New Mexico Bernalillo 2001 2008 Murder Life 2 18 White Male 2003 07-02-2014
McCloud, Armond Jr. New York Queens 1996 2023 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 27 20 Black Male 2021 2023 09-12-2023
McCollum, Claude Michigan Ingham 2006 2007 Murder Life 2 26 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
McCollum, Henry North Carolina Robeson 1984 2014 Murder Death 30 19 Black Male 2014 09-02-2014
McCoy, Isaiah Delaware Kent 2012 2017 Murder Death 5 22 Black Male 2011 2017 02-03-2017
McCoy, Sherman Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2016 2019 Murder Life without parole 3 20 Black Male 2019 05-22-2019
McCoy, Troshawn Illinois Cook 1998 2017 Murder Term of Years 55 years 18 17 Black Male 2017 03-01-2017
McCracken, Terence Pennsylvania Delaware 1983 1995 Murder Life 3 18 White Male 1990 1987 05-01-2013
McCray, Antron New York New York 1990 2002 Sexual Assault Term of Years 5 to 10 years 6 15 Black Male 1996 08-29-2011
McCray, Brian Virginia Norfolk City 1993 1994 Murder Term of Years 43 years 1 24 Black Male 1994 10-12-2011
McCray, Vincent Texas Swisher 2000 2003 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 36 Black Male 2001 06-01-2022
McCrimmon, Christopher Arizona Pima 1993 1997 Murder Death 0 20 Black Male 1993 08-29-2011
McCuan, Alvin California Kern 1984 1996 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 to 22 years and 4 months 12 28 White Male 1991 1996 08-29-2011
McCuan, Deborah California Kern 1984 1996 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 to 22 years and 4 months 12 25 White Female 1991 1996 08-29-2011
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
McDowell, John Jack New Mexico Sandoval 2014 2019 Murder Term of Years 30 to Life 5 54 White Male 2019 02-10-2020
McDowell, Vidale Michigan Wayne 2003 2004 Murder Life 1 18 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
McGee, Jameel Fed-MI Western 2006 2009 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 9 years 3 25 Black Male 2009 11-12-2024
McGhee, Curtis Iowa Pottawattamie 1978 2011 Murder Life 25 17 Black Male 1991 2003 05-29-2013
McGinnis, Damian Texas Harris 2013 2023 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 7 months 1 24 Black Male 2014 01-09-2024
McGowan, Thomas Texas Dallas 1985 2008 Sexual Assault Life 22 24 Black Male 2008 08-29-2011
McGuffin, Nicholas Oregon Coos 2011 2019 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 years 8 18 White Male 2019 01-20-2020
McIntosh, Norman Illinois Cook 2003 2016 Murder Term of Years 45 years 13 23 Black Male 2013 2016 10-26-2016
McIntyre, Lamonte Kansas Wyandotte 1994 2017 Murder Life 23 17 Black Male 1995 2017 10-16-2017
McKay, Cornell Missouri St. Louis City 2013 2015 Robbery Term of Years 12 years 1 22 Black Male 2015 05-11-2015
McKee, Dean Florida Hillsborough 1988 2019 Murder Life 30 16 White Male 1998 2018 02-14-2019
McKee, Larry New York Bronx 1997 2018 Murder Term of Years 24 to life 21 25 Black Male 2018 02-01-2018
McKenzie, John New Jersey Mercer 1948 1951 Murder Death 3 24 Black Male 1951
McKinney, DeWayne California Orange 1981 2000 Murder Life 19 19 Black Male 1999 2000 08-29-2011
McKoy, James North Carolina New Hanover 1972 2012 Assault Term of Years 29 years 8 17 Black Male 1975 1980 11-17-2016
McLaughlin, Mark Fed-PA (Eastern) 1996 2000 Tax Evasion/Fraud Not Sentenced 0 30 White Male 1998 1996 08-29-2011
McLaughlin, Robert New York Kings 1980 1986 Murder Term of Years 15 to life 6 18 White Male 1986
McLaughlin, Russell Fed-PA (Eastern) 1996 1998 Tax Evasion/Fraud Not Sentenced 3 36 White Male 1998 1998 08-29-2011
McLean, Melvin New Jersey Camden 2007 2010 Drug Possession or Sale Unknown 3 42 Black Male 2010 08-29-2022
McMillian, Walter Alabama Monroe 1988 1993 Murder Death 5 45 Black Male 1991 1993 08-29-2011
McMullen, Edward Ohio Miami 1956 1965 Murder Life 10 28 White Male 1965
McNairy, Andre Illinois Cook 2009 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 9 years 6 44 Black Male 2015 11-28-2018
McNenney, Edward New York New York 2008 2011 Fraud Term of Years 90 days 0 40 White Male 2008 06-25-2013
McPherson, Kenneth Maryland Baltimore City 1995 2019 Murder Life 24 20 Black Male 2019 05-07-2019
Meadows, Frank Jr. Alabama Jefferson 1993 2022 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 years 21 18 Black Male 2015 01-06-2023
Melendez, Juan Roberto Florida Polk 1984 2002 Murder Death 17 32 Hispanic Male 1994 2002 08-29-2011
Mellen, Susan California Los Angeles 1998 2014 Murder Life without parole 16 42 White Female 2014 10-10-2014
Melock, Robert Illinois Lake 1989 2024 Murder Death 35 22 White Male 2024 01-02-2025
Mena, Enrique California Los Angeles 1997 2000 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 2 29 Hispanic Male 2000 04-12-2021
Mendoza, Madeline Illinois Cook 1993 2023 Murder Term of Years 35 years 16 16 Hispanic Female 2017 2009 01-10-2023