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 Using the Registry for Research, 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
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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
Salcedo, Claudia Illinois Cook 2005 2007 Assault Probation 0 21 Hispanic Female 2005 03-09-2015
Salcedo, Gloria Illinois Cook 2005 2007 Assault Probation 0 46 Hispanic Female 2005 03-09-2015
Salcedo, Teresa Illinois Cook 2005 2007 Assault Probation 0 17 Hispanic Female 2005 03-09-2015
Salley, MarQuise Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2010 2019 Murder Life without parole 9 22 Black Male 2019 09-29-2019
Salter, Aaron Michigan Wayne 2003 2018 Murder Life without parole 15 20 Black Male 2009 2018 08-20-2018
Salters, Kaveo Michigan Wayne 2012 2019 Attempted Murder Term of Years 27 to 42 years 7 17 Black Male 2019 12-18-2019
Salvati, Joseph Massachusetts Suffolk 1968 2001 Murder Life 29 31 White Male 1970 1997 08-29-2011
Samanta, Michael Illinois Cook 2006 2024 Murder Term of Years 25 years 17 20 Hispanic Male 2023 07-15-2024
Sampson, Alan Rhode Island Washington 2004 2024 Attempt, Nonviolent Term of Years 4 years 2 38 Native American Male 2006 12-30-2024
Samueli, Henry Fed-CA (Central) 2008 2009 Perjury Not Sentenced 0 48 White Male 2008 05-17-2012
Sanchez, Isauro Illinois Cook 1982 1991 Murder Life without parole 8 20 Hispanic Male 1991 08-29-2011
Sanchez, Santos Wisconsin Milwaukee 1996 2021 Murder Life 24 46 Hispanic Male 2021 05-22-2021
Sanchez, Yareli Texas Harris 2011 2015 Solicitation Term of Years 10 days 0 20 Hispanic Female 2011 07-08-2016
Sanders, David Wisconsin Milwaukee 2006 2007 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 15 years 1 39 White Male 2007 08-29-2011
Sanders, Derrick Wisconsin Milwaukee 1993 2018 Murder Term of Years 21 to life 25 21 Black Male 1996 2018 09-03-2019
Sanders, Jamell Illinois Cook 2006 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Black Male 2006 12-06-2018
Sanders, Rodell Illinois Cook 1995 2014 Murder Term of Years 80 years 20 28 Black Male 2008 2014 07-29-2014
Sanders, Trina Texas Galveston 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 2 years 1 49 Black Female 2015 08-20-2015
Sandoval-Gonzalez, Gerardo Fed-CA (Southern) 2009 2012 Immigration Term of Years 7 years 3 51 Hispanic Male 2012 07-15-2012
Sandy, Barshiri North Carolina Wake 2014 2016 Robbery Term of Years 21 years 2 32 Black Male 2016 08-06-2016
Sanford, Davontae Michigan Wayne 2008 2016 Murder Term of Years 39 to 90 years 8 14 Black Male 2016 07-19-2016
Santillan, Martin Texas Dallas 1998 2023 Murder Life 25 23 Hispanic Male 2022 03-28-2023
Santos, Darvin Castro Louisiana St. Bernard 2012 2021 Robbery Term of Years 50 years 10 20 Hispanic Male 2021 08-21-2021
Santos, Edar Duarte Illinois Cook 2002 2003 Murder Term of Years 12 years 0 26 Hispanic Male 2002 2002 08-29-2011
Santos, Jeffrey New York New York 1998 2004 Assault Term of Years 6 years 3 40 Black Male 2001 12-17-2013
Santos, Louis Massachusetts Suffolk 1985 1990 Murder Life 3 20 Black Male 1988 08-29-2011
Sapp, Marcus Ohio Hamilton 2010 2024 Murder Life without parole 13 21 Black Male 2023 06-06-2024
Saraceno, David Connecticut Middlesex 1998 1999 Arson Not Sentenced 1 18 White Male 1999 08-29-2011
Sarber, Laurence Minnesota Washington 2004 2009 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 13 years and 2 months 6 40 White Male 2009 09-11-2019
Sarita, Danny New York New York 2009 2012 Assault Term of Years 4 years 3 25 Hispanic Male 2012 09-20-2014
Sarsfield, Eric Massachusetts Middlesex 1987 2000 Sexual Assault Term of Years 10 to 15 years 8 23 White Male 1995 08-29-2011
Saunders, Frank Illinois Cook 2007 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years 2 25 Black Male 2009 12-07-2018
Saunders, Leonard Illinois Cook 2004 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 38 Black Male 2006 02-12-2022
Saunders, Michael Illinois Cook 1998 2012 Murder Term of Years 40 years 14 15 Black Male 2011 01-27-2012
Savory, Johnnie Illinois Peoria 1977 2015 Murder Term of Years 50 to 100 years 29 14 Black Male 1983 2006 02-02-2015
Sawyer, Thomas Michigan Hillsdale 1992 2003 Sexual Assault Term of Years 22 to 32 years 0 49 White Male 1992 12-04-2012
Scales, Richard Illinois Cook 2005 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 3 years 1 19 Black Male 2005 05-18-2022
Schaaf, David Pennsylvania Bucks 2003 2006 Attempted Murder Term of Years 14 to 28 years 3 40 White Male 2006 07-11-2013
Schand, Mark Massachusetts Hampden 1987 2013 Murder Life without parole 26 21 Black Male 1989 2013 10-16-2013
Scheer, Dana Fed-FL (Southern) 1995 1999 Fraud Probation 0 34 White Male 1995 08-29-2011
Scheidell, Daniel Wisconsin Racine 1995 2017 Sexual Assault Term of Years 25 years 20 46 White Male 2015 09-27-2017
Schledwitz, Karl Fed-TN (Eastern) 1992 1999 Fraud Term of Years 6 months 0 30 White Male 1993 08-29-2011
Schlieffen, Wolfgang von Fed-FL (Southern) 1994 2000 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 10 years 6 47 White Male 2000 2000 08-29-2011
Schmieder, Jeff Washington King 1998 1999 Sexual Assault Not Sentenced 0 41 White Male 1999 08-29-2011
Schoettle, Micah Kentucky Kenton 2018 2019 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 23 years 1 35 White Male 2019 04-06-2020
Schoppe, Carl California Contra Costa 2015 2016 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 1 year and 4 months 0 30 Hispanic Male 2015 02-06-2017
Schulz, Stephen New York Suffolk 1999 2009 Robbery Term of Years 11 years 10 35 White Male 2009 05-12-2013
Scott, Christopher Illinois Cook 2006 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 23 Black Male 2006 12-03-2018
Scott, Christopher Shun Texas Dallas 1997 2009 Murder Life 12 27 Black Male 2009 08-29-2011
Scott, John New York Queens 1997 2006 Robbery Term of Years 25 years 4 Black Male 2001 09-02-2020
Scott, Kendrick Michigan Wayne 2000 2018 Murder Life without parole 18 20 Black Male 2002 2018 12-03-2018
Scott, Malcolm Oklahoma Tulsa 1995 2016 Murder Life 21 17 Black Male 1995 2016 11-28-2016
Scott, Michael Texas Travis 2002 2009 Murder Life 7 17 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Scott, Rachel Texas Harris 2017 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 3 32 Black Female 2020 09-29-2020
Scott, Samuel Georgia Chatham 1987 2002 Sexual Assault Life 14 28 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Scott, Scotty Arkansas Pulaski 1983 1989 Murder Term of Years 25 years 0 20 White Male 1983 08-29-2011
Scott, Winston Virginia Fairfax 1976 2019 Sexual Assault Term of Years 14 years 5 19 Black Male 1981 03-15-2019
Scruggs, Dwayne Indiana Marion 1986 1993 Sexual Assault Term of Years 40 years 8 32 Black Male 1993 08-29-2011
Sealie, Frank Alabama Jefferson 2014 2015 Murder Life without parole 1 23 Black Male 2014 2015 03-17-2015
Seats, Devin Illinois Cook 2009 2022 Other Nonviolent Felony Term of Years 2 years 0 22 Black Male 2009 12-12-2022
Seeland, Benjamin Alaska Sitka 2014 2015 Assault Term of Years 2 months 0 32 White Male 2014 06-11-2015
Self, Grant California Kern 1985 2008 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 31 years 23 31 White Male 1986 2008 05-12-2013
Sermeno, Miguel Angel California Santa Clara 1995 1997 Traffic Offense Term of Years 8 months 0 38 Hispanic Male 1995 08-29-2011
Serrano, Armando Illinois Cook 1994 2016 Murder Term of Years 55 years 22 20 Hispanic Male 1999 2016 07-23-2016
Serrano, Ivan Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1988 2005 Murder Life 18 17 Hispanic Male 2005 08-29-2011
Serrano, Jason New York Richmond 2018 2021 Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor Term of Years 5 days 0 30 Hispanic Male 2018 12-02-2021
Settle, Daniel Roy Texas Hale 1999 2011 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 10 years 8 18 White Male 2008 10-31-2012
Shabazz, Omar New York New York 2008 2014 Weapon Possession or Sale Term of Years 8 years 5 27 Black Male 2013 07-22-2015
Shafer, Thomas New York Broome 2012 2024 Theft Probation 0 25 White Male 2023 2012 10-14-2024
Shakur, Shabaka New York Kings 1989 2015 Murder Term of Years 20 to life 26 23 Black Male 2014 2015 06-09-2015
Shannon, Michael Louisiana Orleans 2011 2018 Murder Life without parole 6 41 Black Male 2017 02-15-2018
Shannon, Rasaan Illinois Cook 2005 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 months 0 17 Black Male 2006 03-13-2022
Sharp, Shainne Illinois Cook 1994 2011 Murder Term of Years 20 years 8 16 Black Male 2010 2002 01-23-2012
Sharpe, Dontae North Carolina Pitt 1995 2019 Murder Life 24 18 Black Male 1995 2019 09-12-2019
Shaughnessy, Eric Massachusetts Suffolk 1997 1998 Assault Term of Years 5 years 1 21 White Male 1997 10-07-2012
Shaw, Anthony Illinois Cook 2012 2018 Robbery Term of Years 6 years 2 29 Black Male 2015 04-24-2019
Shaw, Frank New Jersey Camden 2008 2009 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years 2 50 Black Male 2009 09-19-2022
Sheffield, Paul Utah Cache 1987 1990 Child Sex Abuse Term of Years 5 to life 2 47 White Male 1990 1989 09-24-2015
Shelman, Eron Michigan Wayne 1992 2025 Murder Life 30 19 Black Male 2023 02-04-2025
Shelton, Finaye Texas Swisher 2000 2003 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 23 Black Female 2000 06-01-2022
Shelton, Horace North Carolina Buncombe 2012 2014 Forgery Term of Years 10 7/12 to 13 1/2 years 2 51 Black Male 2014 11-28-2016
Shelton, Joseph Texas Dallas 2001 2003 Sex Offender Registration Term of Years 5 years 2 40 White Male 2003 07-18-2023
Shelton, Stephen Illinois Cook 2007 2022 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 1 year 1 33 Black Male 2008 05-24-2022
Shenault, Angelo Jr. Illinois Cook 2006 2018 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years 1 18 Black Male 2007 12-03-2018
Shenault, Angelo Jr. Illinois Cook 2008 2018 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years and 6 months 2 20 Black Male 2009 12-03-2018
Shenault, Angelo Sr. Illinois Cook 2004 2018 Drug Possession or Sale Term of Years 4 years and 3 months 1 41 Black Male 2006 12-09-2018
Shepard, Ann North Carolina New Hanover 1972 2012 Other Violent Felony Term of Years 15 years 5 33 White Female 1975 1978 11-17-2016
Shephard, David L. New Jersey Essex 1984 1995 Sexual Assault Term of Years 30 years 11 21 Black Male 1995 08-29-2011
Shepherd, Charles New York Kings 1988 2001 Murder Term of Years 15 to Life 13 24 Black Male 1999 2001 08-29-2011
Sherwin, James T. Fed-NY (Southern) 1989 1991 Fraud Term of Years 6 months 0 53 White Male 1989 08-29-2011
Shiflett, Guy Jr. Texas Hunt 2016 2018 Sex Offender Registration Term of Years 4 years 3 53 White Male 2018 01-16-2019
Shiflett, Guy Jr. Texas Dallas 2014 2020 Sex Offender Registration Term of Years 3 years 1 52 White Male 2015 05-05-2020
Shipley, Clarence Maryland Baltimore City 1992 2018 Murder Life 27 20 Black Male 2018 2018 01-16-2019
Shomberg, Forest Wisconsin Dane 2003 2009 Sexual Assault Term of Years 12 years 7 38 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Shomo, Aubrey Ellen Colorado Broomfield 2001 2016 Assault Probation 0 16 White Male 2008 2001 04-22-2016
Shortt, James California Los Angeles 1982 2010 Murder Life without parole 28 21 Black Male 1990 2010 09-17-2012
Shreve, Thomas North Carolina Onslow 1988 1989 Threats Probation 0 31 White Male 1988 04-14-2015
Shull, George Edward California Santa Clara 1989 2009 Sexual Assault Term of Years 5 years 3 30 White Male 2006 1992 08-29-2011
Sierra, Thomas Illinois Cook 1997 2018 Murder Term of Years 55 years 21 19 Hispanic Male 2017 01-16-2018
Sifuentes, Alberto Texas Lamb 1998 2008 Murder Life 10 22 Hispanic Male 2001 2008 08-29-2011