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: 802
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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
Kniffen, Brenda California Kern 1984 1996 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 20 to 22 years and 4 months 12 29 White Female 1991 1996 08-29-2011
Kniffen, Scott 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
Knupp, Richard New York Ontario 1989 1992 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 13 to 39 years 3 40 White Male 1992 1992 11-16-2013
Kogut, John New York Nassau 1986 2005 Murder Term of Years 33 years and 4 months 17 21 White Male 2003 2003 08-29-2011
Kondos, Victor Wisconsin Brown 2010 2012 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 9 years 2 37 White Male 2011 2012 06-14-2017
Kordonowy, Paul D. Montana Richland 1990 2003 Sexual Assault Term of Years 30 years 0 24 White Male 1990 08-29-2011
Kotler, Kerry New York Suffolk 1982 1992 Sexual Assault Term of Years 25 to 50 years 11 22 White Male 1992 08-29-2011
Krivak, Andrew New York Putnam 1997 2023 Murder Term of Years 25 to life 24 17 White Male 2005 2020 03-10-2023
Kunze, David Washington Clark 1997 2001 Murder Life without parole 4 44 White Male 2001 04-26-2014
Kussmaul, Richard Texas Mclennan 1994 2019 Murder Life without parole 25 21 White Male 1995 2019 11-06-2019
Kuykendall, Sceola Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1961
LaBatte, Beth Wisconsin Kewaunee 1997 2006 Murder Life 8 24 White Female 2006 08-29-2011
LaBolt, William Jr. New York Broome 1990 1994 Burglary/Unlawful Entry Term of Years 3 to 6 years 4 42 White Male 1994 11-10-2014
Lackey, Dan New York Madison 2004 2007 Sexual Assault Term of Years 8 years 3 28 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
LaFratta, Joseph Massachusetts Essex 2009 2010 Forgery Term of Years 2 years 1 33 White Male 2010 02-15-2018
Landano, Vincent James New Jersey Hudson 1977 1998 Murder Life 17 36 White Male 1982 1994 08-29-2011
Langley, Gus North Carolina Buncombe 1932 1936 Murder Death 2 31 White Male 1934
LaPena, Frank Nevada Clark 1977 2021 Murder Life 20 35 White Male 1997 08-30-2021
Larkman, Edward New York Erie 1926 1933 Murder Death 8 24 White Male 1933
Larsen, Daniel California Los Angeles 1999 2014 Other Nonviolent Felony Term of Years 28 to life 14 30 White Male 2013 01-27-2014
Larson, Robert E. Washington Spokane 2009 2013 Robbery Term of Years 20 years 4 27 White Male 2013 07-26-2013
Latta, Jacqueline Indiana LaPorte 1990 2002 Murder Term of Years 50 years 11 27 White Female 2001 07-13-2016
Latta, Roger Indiana LaPorte 1990 2002 Murder Term of Years 50 years 11 26 White Male 2001 07-13-2016
Lawrence, Freddie Joe Montana Lewis and Clark 1995 2018 Murder Life 100 years 23 31 White Male 2018 06-13-2018
Lazar, Steven Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2010 2023 Murder Life 13 22 White Male 2023 04-10-2023
Lazzell, David Louisiana Iberia 1991 2007 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 32 White Male 1995 1991 12-17-2012
Leap, Earnest Missouri Jackson 1992 2016 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 31 White Male 2007 1992 08-22-2016
Ledbetter, Miles H. California Los Angeles 1929 1931 Bribery Term of Years 1 to 14 years 1 White Male 1931
Lee, Lawrence William Jr. Georgia Wayne 1987 2015 Murder Death 28 25 White Male DK 2015 01-18-2016
LeFever, Virginia Ohio Licking 1990 2011 Murder Life 21 37 White Female 2010 08-29-2011
Leonard, Keevin Fed-NY (Eastern) 2009 2016 Fraud Term of Years 2 years and 10 months 0 42 White Male 2009 01-25-2017
Leone, George California Orange 1974 1975 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 30 White Male 1975 08-28-2020
Lesher, Harvey California Los Angeles 1928 1930 Murder Life 2 27 White Male 1930
Letcher, Donald South Dakota McCook 1995 1996 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 5 years 1 29 White Male 1996 03-31-2014
Lewchuk, Dennis Nebraska Madison 1980 1996 Assault Term of Years 5 to 10 years 16 33 White Male 1996 12-26-2014
Lewis, Brandon Arizona Gila 2013 2014 Assault Probation 0 23 White Male 2013 06-25-2014
Lewis, Catherine Virginia Appomattox 2019 2021 Fraud Not Sentenced 0 35 White Female 2019 04-06-2021
Lewis, Gloria Virginia Appomattox 2019 2021 Fraud Not Sentenced 0 64 White Female 2019 04-06-2021
Limone, Peter Massachusetts Suffolk 1968 2001 Murder Death 32 31 White Male 1970 2001 08-29-2011
Lind, Frank California Fresno 2002 2005 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 30 to life 3 44 White Male 2005 01-26-2014
Lindstadt, George New York Suffolk 1989 2001 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 12 1/2 to 25 years 12 42 White Male 2001 12-17-2013
Lisker, Bruce California Los Angeles 1985 2009 Murder Term of Years 16 to Life 24 17 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Lively, Charles Jason West Virginia McDowell 2006 2020 Murder Life 14 27 White Male 2020 10-12-2020
Lobato, Kirstin Nevada Clark 2002 2017 Murder Term of Years 40 to 100 years 16 18 White Female 2017 01-04-2018
Loftus, Brendan California Lake 1997 2000 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 5 years 2 23 White Male 1999 01-16-2012
Loftus, John Berkshire 1886 1888 Robbery Term of Years 5 years 2 19 White Male 1888
Logan, Ronald J. Michigan Wayne 1946 1959 Robbery Life 13 28 White Male 1959
Long, James Texas McLennan 1994 2019 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 years 20 21 White Male 1995 2014 11-06-2019
Love, William Texas Swisher 2000 2003 Drug Possession or Sale Life 361 years 4 22 White Male 2003 05-18-2022
Loveless, John Oregon Marion 1991 2000 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 years 9 36 White Male 2000 08-10-2023
Lowery, Eddie Kansas Riley 1982 2003 Sexual Assault Term of Years 11 to Life 9 22 White Male 1991 08-29-2011
Lucas, Jesse Wabash 1909 1941 Murder Life 22 23 White Male 1931
Lucas, Margaret Wabash 1909 1941 Murder Life 0 White Female 1909
Lucci, Dominic Georgia Chatham 1992 2018 Murder Life 25 22 White Male 2011 2017 07-20-2018
Lukezic, Joyce Arizona Maricopa 1982 1985 Murder Not Sentenced 3 35 White Female 1985 11-11-2022
Mahaffy, Kenneth Fed-NY (Eastern) 2009 2018 Fraud Term of Years 2 years 0 47 White Male 2009 04-28-2018
Majczek, Joseph Illinois Cook 1933 1946 Murder Term of Years 99 years 12 24 White Male 1945
Malin, Robert Fed-NY (Eastern) 2009 2018 Fraud Term of Years 4 years 0 38 White Male 2009 06-14-2018
Malinski, Morris New York Kings 1943 1946 Murder Death 3 26 White Male 1946
Manfredi, John New York Kings 1989 1994 Bribery Term of Years 2 to 6 years 4 48 White Male 1993 09-26-2014
Manning, Jay Cee Nevada Churchill 1990 1998 Child Sex Abuse Life 8 28 White Male 1998 1998 08-29-2011
Mansfield, Troy Texas Williamson 1993 2016 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 3 months 0 25 White Male 1993 01-30-2018
Marble, Cody Montana Missoula 2002 2017 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 5 years 13 17 White Male 2009 2016 01-08-2017
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
Marcum, Chad Indiana Madison 1997 2011 Murder Term of Years 71 years 13 20 White Male DK 2011 06-21-2024
Marden, Jonathan New Hampshire Hillsborough 2017 2019 Sexual Assault Not Sentenced 0 20 White Male 2017 02-10-2020
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, Floyd Jr. Oregon Clackamas 2017 2024 Robbery Term of Years 6 years and 10 months 5 54 White Male 2022 01-26-2024
Marsh, Guy Gordon Anne Arundel 1973 1987 Murder Life 14 25 White Male 1987
Marshall, Ronnie Tennessee Sumner 1990 1996 Murder Life 5 28 White Male 1996 08-29-2011
Martorano, Raymond Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1984 1999 Murder Life without parole 15 53 White Male 1999 11-17-2014
Mason, Lucius Jr. New York New York 1984 1988 Murder Term of Years 20 to Life 4 18 White Male 1988
Masters, Timothy Colorado Larimer 1999 2008 Murder Life 9 15 White Male 2008 08-29-2011
Mata, Michael Kansas Clay 2011 2011 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 2 years 1 13 White Male 2011 06-12-2019
Mawson, Kimberly Rhode Island Kent 2007 2012 Murder Term of Years 35 years 3 32 White Female 2010 08-21-2013
Mazza, Anthony Massachusetts Suffolk 1973 2021 Murder Life without parole 47 25 White Male 1977 2020 06-13-2021
McAllister, Norman Vermont Franklin 2017 2019 Sexual Assault Not Sentenced 0 63 White Male 2017 11-18-2019
McAllister, Patrick Washington Jefferson 2012 2018 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 years and 10 months 5 46 White Male 2017 05-17-2018
McCabe, Travis Fed-LA (Eastern) 2010 2014 Perjury Not Sentenced 0 39 White Male 2010 02-20-2014
McCaffrey, William New York New York 2006 2009 Sexual Assault Term of Years 20 years 3 28 White Male 2009 2009 08-29-2011
McCallum, Ronald Wisconsin Brown 1993 1997 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 6 months 1 White Male 1994 1993 07-26-2021
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
McClaugherty, Charles New Mexico Bernalillo 2001 2008 Murder Life 2 18 White Male 2003 07-02-2014
McCracken, Terence Pennsylvania Delaware 1983 1995 Murder Life 3 18 White Male 1990 1987 05-01-2013
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
McCullough, Robert Indiana LaPorte 1990 1998 Child Abuse Term of Years 20 years 8 24 White Male 1998 01-16-2018
McCullough, Robert Wayne Texas Montgomery 2000 2011 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 30 White Male 2011 2000 05-12-2013
McDermott, Christopher Maryland Carroll 1999 2000 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 3 years 1 23 White Male 1999 2000 02-10-2016
McDowell, John Jack New Mexico Sandoval 2014 2019 Murder Term of Years 30 to Life 5 54 White Male 2019 02-10-2020
McGuffin, Nicholas Oregon Coos 2011 2019 Manslaughter Term of Years 10 years 8 18 White Male 2019 01-20-2020
McKee, Dean Florida Hillsborough 1988 2019 Murder Life 30 16 White Male 1998 2018 02-14-2019
McLaughlin, Bruce Virginia Loudoun 1998 2002 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 13 years 4 45 White Male 2002 09-27-2013
McLaughlin, Mark Fed-PA (Eastern) 1996 2000 Tax Evasion/Fraud Not Sentenced 0 30 White Male 1998 1996 08-29-2011
McLaughlin, Russell Fed-PA (Eastern) 1996 1998 Tax Evasion/Fraud Not Sentenced 3 36 White Male 1998 1998 08-29-2011
McMahan, David Maine Knox 2000 2001 Assault Probation 0 40 White Male 2000 06-09-2014