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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White, John Jerome | Georgia | Meriwether | 1980 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Life | 28 | 19 | Black | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| White, Lionel Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2006 | 11-28-2018 | ||
| White, Lionel Sr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-20-2016 | |
| Whitehead, Artis | Tennessee | Shelby | 2003 | 2024 | Kidnapping | Life | 249 years | 20 | 38 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2023 | 02-12-2024 |
| Whitley, Drew | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1989 | 2006 | Murder | Life | 17 | 32 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wickham, Christopher | Utah | Salt Lake | 1997 | 2019 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 20 to life | 14 | 27 | White | Male | 2011 | 10-02-2019 | |
| Wiggins, David Lee | Texas | Tarrant | 1989 | 2012 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 23 | 24 | White | Male | 2012 | 11-06-2012 | ||
| Wilbourn, Kim | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 27 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-26-2019 | |
| Wilbourn, Vondell | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years and 6 months | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Wilkins, Theodore | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 years | 3 | 27 | Black | Male | 2011 | 03-13-2022 | |
| Williams, Archie | Louisiana | East Baton Rouge | 1983 | 2019 | Attempted Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 22 | Black | Male | 2019 | 03-23-2019 | ||
| Williams, Clifford Jr. | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2019 | Murder | Death | 43 | 33 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2019 | ||
| Williams, Dennis | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 18 | 21 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Williams, Derrick Raphel | Florida | Manatee | 1993 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Life | 18 | 29 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Duane | Michigan | Wayne | 2013 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 11 | 42 | Black | Male | 2024 | 11-01-2024 | ||
| Williams, Gregory | Texas | Lubbock | 2018 | 2023 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 2 years | 4 | 55 | Black | Male | 2022 | 04-19-2024 | |
| Williams, Herman | Illinois | Lake | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | White | Male | 2022 | 09-26-2022 | ||
| Williams, James Curtis | Texas | Dallas | 1984 | 2012 | Sexual Assault | Life | 27 | 25 | Black | Male | 2011 | 07-16-2012 | ||
| Williams, John | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 months | 1 | 37 | Black | Male | 2008 | 03-14-2022 | |
| Williams, Johnny Jr. | California | Alameda | 2000 | 2013 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 16 years | 13 | 23 | Black | Male | 2013 | 03-08-2013 | |
| Williams, Leroy | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2009 | 03-14-2022 | |
| Williams, Michael | Louisiana | Jefferson | 1997 | 2011 | Murder | Life | 14 | 31 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2011 | 06-18-2012 | |
| Williams, Michael Anthony | Louisiana | Jackson | 1981 | 2005 | Sexual Assault | Life without parole | 24 | 16 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Octavius | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 2011 | 2024 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 15 years | 8 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-26-2024 | |
| Williams, Tyrece | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2025 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 19 | 22 | Black | Male | 2024 | 2009 | 04-22-2025 |
| Williams, Willie | Georgia | Fulton | 1985 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 23 | Black | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Williams, Willie | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2024 | Attempted Murder | Life | 44 | 30 | Black | Male | 2020 | 01-09-2024 | ||
| Williamson, Ronald Keith | Oklahoma | Pontotoc | 1988 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 11 | 29 | White | Male | 1999 | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Willis, Calvin | Louisiana | Caddo | 1982 | 2003 | Child Sex Abuse | Life without parole | 22 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Willis, Cedric | Mississippi | Hinds | 1997 | 2006 | Murder | Life | 9 | 19 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Willis, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 Years | 1 | 33 | Black | Male | 2010 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Willis, Dexter | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 19 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-16-2022 | |
| Willis, Dexter | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 months | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2003 | 10-04-2022 | |
| Wilson, Andrew | California | Los Angeles | 1986 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 30 | 29 | Black | Male | 2017 | 04-03-2017 | ||
| Winston, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 5 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2012 | 07-05-2012 |
| Wise, Korey | New York | New York | 1990 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 12 | 16 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wise, Martez | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 2008 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Witt, Drayton | Arizona | Maricopa | 2002 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 10 | 18 | White | Male | 2012 | 2012 | 11-01-2012 |
| Woodard, James Lee | Texas | Dallas | 1981 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 27 | 26 | Black | Male | DK | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woods, Cathy | Nevada | Washoe | 1980 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 34 | 26 | White | Female | 2014 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Woods, D'Andra | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2006 | 05-18-2022 | |
| Wrice, Stanley | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Life | 31 | 28 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2013 | 12-12-2013 | |
| Wright, Anthony | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1993 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 20 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 08-26-2016 | |
| Wright, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 42 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-14-2022 | |
| Wright, Anthony Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 19 | Black | Male | 2006 | 05-11-2022 | |
| Wright, Cleveland | District of Columbia | 1979 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to Life | 27 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-03-2014 | ||
| Wright, David | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2022 | 04-20-2023 | |
| Wright, Ervin | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 0 | 43 | Black | Male | 2004 | 09-13-2023 | |
| Wright, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-14-2022 | ||
| Wright, Louis | Michigan | Calhoun | 1988 | 2023 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 to 50 years | 35 | 29 | White | Male | 2023 | 12-06-2023 | |
| Wyatt, Rickey Dale | Texas | Dallas | 1981 | 2012 | Sexual Assault | Life | 99 years | 30 | 25 | Black | Male | 2012 | 08-30-2012 | |
| Wyniemko, Kenneth | Michigan | Macomb | 1994 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 40 to 60 years | 9 | 42 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Yell, Robert | Kentucky | Logan | 2006 | 2019 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 52 years | 11 | 27 | White | Male | 2017 | 03-27-2019 | |
| Young, Bernard | Michigan | Wayne | 1989 | 2017 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 60 to 100 years | 27 | 29 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2017 | 12-19-2017 |
| Young, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 38 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-08-2022 | |
| Yurtman, Ersan | Texas | Bexar | 1994 | 2020 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 26 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1994 | 2020 | 08-10-2020 |
| Zimmer, Walter | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1998 | 2011 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 50 years | 13 | 40 | White | Male | 2011 | 10-04-2013 | |
| Zimmerman, Evan | Wisconsin | Eau Claire | 2001 | 2005 | Murder | Life | 3 | 53 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 |