Select More Columns:
| Name | State | County | Convicted | Exonerated | Crime | Sentence | Term of Years | Years lost | Age | Race | Sex | Year of recantation | Date of Release | Posting Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veltmann, Christopher | Fed-FL | (Middle) | 1992 | 1996 | Arson | Life | 5 | 35 | White | Male | 1996 | 05-28-2013 | ||
| Veney, David | Maryland | Wicomico | 1997 | 2005 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 25 years | 8 | 20 | Black | Male | 2005 | 06-14-2023 | |
| Vera, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 1998 | Assault | Term of Years | 17 years | 3 | 29 | Hispanic | Male | 1996 | 10-14-2012 | |
| Verkuilen, Maxwell | Wisconsin | Outagamie | 2003 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 4 years | 3 | 25 | White | Male | 2007 | 01-05-2015 | |
| Villegas, Daniel | Texas | El Paso | 1995 | 2018 | Murder | Life | 18 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2014 | 10-15-2018 | ||
| Voss, Krystal | Colorado | Alamosa | 2004 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 28 | White | Female | 2013 | 09-20-2017 | |
| Wagstaffe, Everton | New York | Kings | 1993 | 2015 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 25 years | 22 | 23 | Black | Male | 2014 | 08-02-2015 | |
| Wahlgren, Ryun | Texas | Dallas | 2015 | 2017 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 42 | Asian | Male | 2016 | 09-25-2017 | |
| Wahlgren, Ryun | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2017 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 2 years | 2 | 42 | Asian | Male | 2016 | 11-06-2017 | |
| Walker, Danny | Illinois | DuPage | 2012 | 2018 | Fraud | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 47 | Black | Male | 2012 | 04-20-2018 | |
| Walker, Joseph | South Carolina | Bamberg | 2003 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 24 years | 11 | 44 | Black | Male | 2014 | 11-25-2014 | |
| Walker, Nathaniel | New Jersey | Union | 1976 | 1986 | Sexual Assault | Life | 10 | 32 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
| Walker, William | Ohio | Stark | 2002 | 2005 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 36 | Black | Male | 2003 | 04-14-2015 | |
| Walker, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Waller, Patrick | Texas | Dallas | 1992 | 2008 | Kidnapping | Life | 16 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Walls, George | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 2003 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 10 years | 8 | 39 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-30-2012 | |
| Walter, Sullivan | Louisiana | Orleans | 1986 | 2022 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 35 years | 35 | 17 | Black | Male | 2021 | 08-31-2022 | |
| Walters, Earl | New York | Queens | 1994 | 2023 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 17 1/2 to 40 | 19 | 17 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-05-2023 | |
| Ware, Melonie | Georgia | DeKalb | 2005 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 1 | 30 | Black | Female | 2006 | 10-11-2011 | ||
| Warren, Cedric | Kansas | Wyandotte | 2010 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to Life | 14 | 18 | Black | Male | 2024 | 01-23-2025 | |
| Washburn, Michael | Massachusetts | Bristol | 2002 | 2003 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 2003 | 11-17-2017 | |
| Washington, Earl Jr. | Virginia | Culpeper | 1984 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 17 | 22 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Washington, Vonaire | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1991 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 22 years | 10 | 24 | Black | Male | 2001 | 07-09-2014 | |
| Watkins, Joyce | Tennessee | Davidson | 1988 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 27 | 39 | Black | Female | 2015 | 01-24-2022 | ||
| Weaver, Ricky | Idaho | Elmore | 2020 | 2024 | Solicitation | Term of Years | 15 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2024 | 09-26-2024 | |
| Webb, Kenneth | Michigan | Washtenaw | 1987 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 35 | 30 | White | Male | 2022 | 11-14-2022 | ||
| Wells, Harold | Michigan | Wayne | 1992 | 1993 | Possession of Stolen Property | Term of Years | 1 1/2 to 5 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wells, Keith | Texas | Johnson | 1998 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 3 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-07-2018 | |
| Wheeler, Michael | Washington | Thurston | 2000 | 2015 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 20 days | 0 | 51 | White | Male | 2000 | 01-27-2017 | |
| Wheeler, Michael | Washington | Pierce | 2011 | 2013 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 1 year and 5 months | 1 | 61 | White | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2017 | |
| Wickham, Christopher | Utah | Salt Lake | 1997 | 2019 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 20 to life | 14 | 27 | White | Male | 2011 | 10-02-2019 | |
| Wilber, Danny | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 17 | 24 | Native American | Male | 2021 | 07-04-2022 | ||
| Wilcoxson, Robert | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2002 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 15 3/4 years | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 2011 | 10-12-2011 | |
| Wilhoit, Gregory | Oklahoma | Osage | 1987 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 6 | 30 | White | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilkerson, Mike | Missouri | Jasper | 2000 | 2017 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 07-05-2017 | ||
| Willett, Jeffery | Wisconsin | Washington | 2007 | 2010 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 3 | 29 | White | Male | 2010 | 06-26-2012 | |
| Williams, Clifford Jr. | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2019 | Murder | Death | 43 | 33 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2019 | ||
| Williams, Cordell | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-20-2022 | ||
| Williams, Darryl | New York | Queens | 2014 | 2022 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 9 | 49 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-16-2022 | |
| Williams, Emmaline | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1995 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 12 years | 8 | 43 | Black | Female | 1994 | 07-03-2014 | |
| Williams, Eugene | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 15 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
| 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 | Georgia | Chatham | 1982 | 1989 | Murder | Life | 3 | 50 | White | Male | 1985 | 06-22-2013 | ||
| Williams, Larry Jr. | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 10 years | 7 | 16 | Black | Male | 2009 | 10-11-2015 | |
| Williams, Richard | California | Sacramento | 1998 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 18 | Black | Male | 2015 | 01-26-2016 | ||
| Williams, Ronald | Michigan | Wayne | 2010 | 2013 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 2 | 44 | Black | Male | 2012 | 09-19-2022 | |
| Willis, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 Years | 1 | 33 | Black | Male | 2010 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Willis, Ernest Ray | Texas | Pecos | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Willis, Patrick | California | Alameda | 2013 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 28 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-18-2021 | ||
| Wilson, Albert | Kansas | Douglas | 2019 | 2021 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 years and 3 months | 2 | 20 | Black | Male | 2021 | 03-21-2022 | |
| Wilson, Carol Jean | Michigan | Wayne | 2011 | 2013 | Forgery | Probation | 0 | 57 | Black | Female | 2011 | 12-30-2013 | ||
| Winston, Michael | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 5 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-21-2018 | |
| Woidtke, Rodney | Illinois | St. Clair | 1989 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 12 | 27 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wosu, Joy | New York | Erie | 1993 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 16 | 33 | Black | Female | 2009 | 12-18-2013 | |
| 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 | Term of Years | 99 years | 30 | 25 | Black | Male | 2012 | 08-30-2012 | |
| Yanez, Jose | Illinois | Rock Island | 2020 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 years | 2 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 12-05-2024 | |
| Yates, Michael | Indiana | Howard | 2009 | 2023 | Attempt, Violent | Term of Years | 20 years | 1 | 25 | Black | Male | 2010 | 03-07-2023 | |
| Zapata, Rodrigo | Texas | Webb | 2000 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 25 years | 2 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 06-19-2016 | |
| Zimmerman, Evan | Wisconsin | Eau Claire | 2001 | 2005 | Murder | Life | 3 | 53 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 |