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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abernathy, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 17 | White | Male | 2006 | 2015 | 02-13-2015 | |
| Abrego, Eruby | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 18 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 |
| Agnew, Gregory | Illinois | Lake | 1988 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 28 | Black | Male | 2001 | 01-18-2018 | |
| Aguirre, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 4 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Allen, James | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1987 | 09-27-2021 | ||
| Almendarez, Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Amor, William | Illinois | DuPage | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 20 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 02-23-2018 | |
| Andersen, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 25 | 19 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-15-2015 | |
| Andrews, James | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 23 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-21-2012 | ||
| Bailey, Kevin | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 27 | 19 | Black | Male | 2018 | 02-03-2018 | |
| Baker, Ben | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 18 years | 10 | 32 | Black | Male | 2016 | 01-19-2016 | |
| Banks, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 5 | 20 | Black | Male | 1990 | 07-11-2019 | |
| Batchelor, Corey | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 19 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-03-2018 | |
| Bates, David | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 18 | Black | Male | 1994 | 01-30-2015 | |
| Benitez, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 10-05-2023 | ||
| Bradford, Marcellius | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Kidnapping | Term of Years | 12 years | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 1994 | 08-29-2011 |
| Britton, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 50 years | 19 | 38 | Black | Male | 2014 | 11-12-2014 | |
| Brown, Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 37 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2017 | 11-26-2017 | |
| Brown, Marcel | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2018 | 07-24-2018 |
| Burt, Lavale | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1986 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
| Cain, Jeremiah | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 21 | 23 | White | Male | 2012 | 2022 | 08-25-2022 |
| Caine, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2011 | Murder | Life | 22 | 20 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-31-2011 | ||
| Castillo, Miguel | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 48 years | 9 | 35 | Hispanic | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Chatman, Carl | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 30 years | 10 | 47 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-10-2013 | |
| Coleman, Nevest | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 25 | Black | Male | 2017 | 12-04-2017 | ||
| Colon, Edgardo | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 84 years | 5 | 34 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 07-19-2023 | |
| Cruz, Rolando | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Day, Arnold | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2018 | 12-20-2018 | |
| DeLeon-Reyes, Arturo | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 01-03-2018 | ||
| Dixon, Matthew | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-24-2022 | ||
| Drew, Frank | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 23 | 16 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2022 | 04-10-2024 |
| Edwards, James | Illinois | Lake | 1996 | 2012 | Murder | Life without parole | 1 | 44 | Black | Male | 1997 | 06-10-2012 | ||
| Escamilla, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 29 years | 14 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2008 | 11-14-2023 | |
| Evans, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 1976 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 27 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ezell, LaShawn | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Robbery | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 15 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-01-2017 | |
| Fauntleroy, David | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 22 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-21-2012 | ||
| Fowler, Walter | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 1948 | ||
| Frye, Ralph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 23 years | 7 | 21 | White | Male | 1993 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Fulton, Darryl | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 26 | Black | Male | 2017 | 12-04-2017 | ||
| Fulton, John | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 18 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Galvan, John | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 33 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Gardner, Lewis | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Gauger, Gary | Illinois | McHenry | 1993 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 3 | 41 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Gecht, David | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 18 | White | Male | 2011 | 2022 | 08-04-2022 |
| Geralds, Hubert Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 2 | 30 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-31-2011 | ||
| Gibson, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 23 | Black | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 05-04-2019 | |
| Gillespie, Jerry | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 20 | 18 | Black | Male | 2014 | 04-18-2024 | |
| Gomez, Ariel | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 19 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 02-20-2018 | |
| Gonzalez, Alfredo | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 30 | 32 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-23-2022 | |
| Gonzalez, Angel | Illinois | Lake | 1995 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 55 years | 20 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 03-12-2015 | |
| Gray, Adam | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 14 | White | Male | 2006 | 2017 | 05-12-2017 | |
| Gray, Paula | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 7 | 17 | Black | Female | 1994 | 1985 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harris, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 31 | 34 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2023 | 04-08-2023 |
| Harris, Nicole | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2013 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 7 | 23 | Black | Female | 2013 | 06-17-2013 | |
| Harris, Rodney | Illinois | Cook | 2002 | 2013 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 15 years | 8 | 15 | Black | Male | 2010 | 04-11-2017 | |
| Henderson, Reginald | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-12-2021 | |
| Hernandez, Alejandro | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 11 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Hester, Lee Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1961 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 11 | 14 | Black | Male | 1972 | 01-23-2020 | |
| Hill, Harold | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2005 | Murder | Life without parole | 10 | 16 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Hobley, Madison | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 12 | 26 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Horton, John | Illinois | Winnebago | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 22 | 17 | Black | Male | 1998 | 2017 | 10-09-2017 | |
| Howard, Stanley | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 16 | 21 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Jackson, Jeremy | Illinois | Cook | 2002 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 20 | 16 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2022 | 07-26-2022 |
| Jakes, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 19 | 15 | Black | Male | 2012 | 05-16-2018 | |
| Johnson, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 19 | Black | Male | 2016 | 03-01-2017 | ||
| Jones, Melvin | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 1989 | Murder | Life without parole | 6 | 30 | Black | Male | 1989 | 05-18-2013 | ||
| Jones, Ronald | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 10 | 34 | Black | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Kelly, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2024 | 02-05-2024 |
| Kitchen, Ronald | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 19 | 22 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Kittler, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 3 | 15 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Kluppelberg, James | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 23 | 18 | White | Male | 2007 | 2012 | 05-31-2012 | |
| Kwil, Richard | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 23 | 19 | Native American | Male | 2011 | 2023 | 04-24-2023 |
| Lettrich, George | Illinois | Cook | 1951 | 1953 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | White | Male | 1953 | |||
| Lewis, Jamar | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 5 years | 4 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 11-28-2018 | |
| Lindsey, Lloyd | Illinois | Cook | 1975 | 1979 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 to 80 years | 4 | 17 | Black | Male | 1979 | ||
| Linscott, Steven | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 3 | 26 | White | Male | 1985 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Marshall, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 28 | 32 | Black | Male | 2019 | 08-28-2024 | |
| Martinez, John | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 22 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2016 | 2023 | 03-03-2023 |
| Maxson, Mark | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 31 | Black | Male | 2016 | 10-02-2016 | ||
| Maysonet, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 22 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2010 | 2017 | 11-20-2017 | |
| McCoy, Troshawn | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 18 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 03-01-2017 | |
| Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 35 | 22 | White | Male | 2024 | 01-02-2025 | ||
| Mitchell, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Mitchell, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 15 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2008 | 06-11-2017 |
| Mulero, Marilyn | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Death | 27 | 21 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2020 | 08-22-2022 | |
| Nanez, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1990 | 2022 | 08-08-2022 | |
| Ochoa, Daniel Alberto | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 15 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 12-17-2021 | |
| Ollins, Calvin | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Orange, Leroy | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 18 | 32 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ortiz, Luis | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 3 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Patrick, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 20 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2014 | 01-10-2014 | |
| Patterson, Aaron | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2003 | Murder | Death | 13 | 21 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Phillips, Paul | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 12 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Pittman, Marcellous | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 15 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-26-2022 | |
| Prince, Patrick | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 23 | 19 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2017 | 05-27-2017 |
| Pugh, Earl Howard | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Life | 16 | 19 | Black | Male | 1953 | |||
| Reed, Carl | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 years | 14 | 41 | Black | Male | 2020 | 06-15-2023 | |
| Reed, Gerald | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 26 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-03-2024 | ||
| Reyna, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 13 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 2007 | 11-14-2023 |
| Richardson, Harold | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 14 | 16 | Black | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2012 |