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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior, Kevin | Oklahoma | Tulsa | 2016 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 2019 | 11-25-2019 | ||
| Washburn, Michael | Massachusetts | Bristol | 2002 | 2003 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 4 years | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 2003 | 11-17-2017 | |
| Washington, Brandon | California | Sacramento | 2013 | 2023 | Assault | Term of Years | 8 years | 2 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 04-22-2024 | |
| Washington, Earl Jr. | Virginia | Culpeper | 1984 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 17 | 22 | Black | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Washington, Michael | Washington | Snohomish | 2005 | 2006 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-08-2017 | |
| Washington, Sean | New Jersey | Camden | 1996 | 2020 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 to life | 24 | 23 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2020 | 02-28-2020 |
| Washington, Terrance | Florida | Leon | 1997 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 3 | 16 | Black | Male | 2000 | 10-02-2022 | ||
| Washington, Vonaire | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1991 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 22 years | 10 | 24 | Black | Male | 2001 | 07-09-2014 | |
| Waters, Leo | North Carolina | Onslow | 1982 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Life | 21 | 30 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Watford, Roy III | Virginia | Portsmouth City | 1978 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 1978 | 03-08-2018 | ||
| Watkins, Cathy | New York | Bronx | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 15 | 27 | Black | Female | 1997 | 2012 | 12-13-2012 |
| Watkins, Jacob | Oregon | Marion | 2011 | 2023 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 years and 6 months | 12 | 23 | White | Male | 2023 | 06-26-2024 | |
| Watkins, John | Arizona | Maricopa | 2004 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 14 years | 7 | 19 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Watson, Robert Lamar | Florida | Polk | 1965 | 1965 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 0 | 24 | White | Male | 1965 | ||
| Watts, Oneal | New York | Bronx | 2015 | 2020 | Attempt, Violent | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | 20 | Black | Male | 2018 | 02-16-2021 | |
| Weakley, Eric | Virginia | Culpeper | 2001 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 6 years and 8 months | 5 | 16 | White | Male | 2006 | 01-26-2022 | |
| Weathers, Nathaniel | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 15 days | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-04-2016 | |
| Weathington, Jennifer | Georgia | Paulding | 2013 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 1 | 19 | White | Female | 2019 | 2014 | 05-12-2019 | |
| Weaver, Joseph | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1927 | 1929 | Murder | Death | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 1929 | |||
| Weaver, Mary | Iowa | Marshall | 1994 | 1997 | Murder | Life without parole | 2 | 41 | White | Female | 1996 | 07-29-2012 | ||
| Webb, Kenneth | Michigan | Washtenaw | 1987 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 35 | 30 | White | Male | 2022 | 11-14-2022 | ||
| Webb, Mark | Texas | Tarrant | 1987 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 30 years | 15 | 22 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Webb, Thomas III | Oklahoma | Cleveland | 1983 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 60 years | 13 | 22 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Webb, Troy | Virginia | Virginia Beach | 1989 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 47 years | 8 | 19 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Webster, Bernard | Maryland | Baltimore | 1983 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 30 years | 20 | 19 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Webster, Joseph | Tennessee | Davidson | 2006 | 2020 | Murder | Life | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2020 | 11-30-2020 | |
| Weeks, Carlos | New York | Kings | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 1/2 to Life | 25 | 20 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2019 | 10-09-2019 |
| Weir, John | Oklahoma | Comanche | 1986 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 51 years | 1 | 22 | White | Male | 1987 | 01-09-2020 | |
| Weitzel, Robert | Utah | Davis | 2000 | 2002 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 1 to 15 years | 1 | 39 | White | Male | 2001 | 06-27-2014 | |
| Welcome, Ernest | New York | Bronx | 1970 | 1977 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years to life | 8 | 20 | Black | Male | 1977 | 03-30-2021 | |
| Wellmon, William | Iredell | 1942 | 1943 | Sexual Assault | Death | 1 | 36 | Black | Male | 1943 | ||||
| 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 | |
| Wenger, Braden | California | Contra Costa | 2015 | 2016 | Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor | Term of Years | 25 days | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 2015 | 02-07-2017 | |
| Werkheiser, Julie | New York | Tioga | 2015 | 2024 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 11 to Life | 8 | 31 | White | Female | 2019 | 2023 | 02-08-2024 |
| West, Antonio | Fed-IL | (Northern) | 2013 | 2016 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 15 years | 3 | 47 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-15-2016 | |
| West, Mark | Texas | Harris | 2014 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 47 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-14-2015 | |
| 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 | |
| Wheeler-Whichard, Jonathan | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2009 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 0 | 16 | Black | Male | 2007 | 1997 | 08-29-2011 |
| Whirl, Shawn | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 20 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-22-2015 | |
| Whitaker, Mark | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2003 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 16 | 29 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-12-2019 | ||
| White, George | Alabama | Coffee | 1987 | 1992 | Murder | Life | 2 | 36 | White | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| White, John Jerome | Georgia | Meriwether | 1980 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Life | 28 | 19 | Black | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| White, Joseph | Nebraska | Gage | 1989 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 19 | 22 | White | Male | 2008 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| White, Michael | New York | Erie | 2006 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 years | 5 | 35 | Native American | Male | 2011 | 05-20-2015 | |
| Whitehead, Ronnie | Texas | Harris | 2004 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 31 | White | Male | 2004 | 01-14-2015 | |
| Whitmore, George Jr. | New York | Kings | 1966 | 1973 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 10 years | 7 | 20 | Black | Male | 1973 | ||
| Wiggins, David Lee | Texas | Tarrant | 1989 | 2012 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 23 | 24 | White | Male | 2012 | 11-06-2012 | ||
| Wilber, Danny | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 17 | 24 | Native American | Male | 2021 | 07-04-2022 | ||
| Wilbur, Raymond | Rhode Island | Providence | 1969 | 1974 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 15 years | 4 | 28 | Don't Know | Male | 1974 | 01-09-2023 | |
| Wilcox, George | Arkansas | Pulaski | 1998 | 2001 | Assault | Not Sentenced | 0 | 55 | White | Male | 1998 | 06-22-2016 | ||
| Wiley, Kelvin | California | San Diego | 1990 | 1992 | Assault | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 1992 | 09-07-2012 |
| 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 | ||
| Wilkins, Geary | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 40 | Black | Male | 2013 | 05-28-2014 | |
| Wilkinson, Robert | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1976 | 1977 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 26 | White | Male | 1977 | |||
| Wilks, Calvin | Hinds | 1981 | 1984 | Murder | Life | 4 | 21 | Don't Know | Male | 1984 | ||||
| Willett, Jeffery | Wisconsin | Washington | 2007 | 2010 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 3 | 29 | White | Male | 2010 | 06-26-2012 | |
| Williams, Archie | Louisiana | East Baton Rouge | 1983 | 2019 | Attempted Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 22 | Black | Male | 2019 | 03-23-2019 | ||
| Williams, Arthur | Texas | Harris | 2005 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 8 months | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 2005 | 11-05-2016 | |
| Williams, Clarence Von | Texas | Orange | 1981 | 1981 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 50 years | 0 | 40 | White | Male | 1981 | ||
| Williams, Danial | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1999 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 11 | 25 | White | Male | 2005 | 2009 | 12-22-2016 | |
| Williams, Darnell | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2020 | Other Violent Misdemeanor | Probation | 0 | 36 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2017 | 06-28-2024 | |
| Williams, Darryl | New York | Queens | 2014 | 2022 | Robbery | Term of Years | 15 years | 9 | 49 | Black | Male | 2022 | 12-16-2022 | |
| Williams, Demarko | Illinois | Cook | 2018 | 2023 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 10 years | 5 | 38 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-13-2024 | |
| Williams, Derrick Raphel | Florida | Manatee | 1993 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Life | 18 | 29 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Eugene | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 15 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
| Williams, George | Onslow | 1922 | 1928 | Murder | Death | 5 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||||
| Williams, Gregory | Texas | Lubbock | 2018 | 2023 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 2 years | 4 | 55 | Black | Male | 2022 | 04-19-2024 | |
| Williams, Hubert | Maryland | Baltimore | 1998 | 2009 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 100 years | 11 | 46 | White | Male | 2009 | 04-17-2019 | |
| Williams, James Curtis | Texas | Dallas | 1984 | 2012 | Sexual Assault | Life | 27 | 25 | Black | Male | 2011 | 07-16-2012 | ||
| Williams, Jimmy | Ohio | Summit | 1991 | 2001 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 10 | 20 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Williams, Joe Sidney Jr. | Texas | McLennan | 1987 | 1993 | Murder | Life | 6 | 19 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Johnny Jr. | California | Alameda | 2000 | 2013 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 16 years | 13 | 23 | Black | Male | 2013 | 03-08-2013 | |
| Williams, Lawrence | New York | Kings | 2009 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 10 years | 3 | 32 | Black | Male | 2012 | 10-26-2012 | |
| Williams, Maurice | Missouri | St. Louis | 1984 | 1984 | Robbery | Term of Years | 25 years | 0 | 30 | Black | Male | 1984 | 11-23-2020 | |
| 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, Richard | California | Sacramento | 1998 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 18 | Black | Male | 2015 | 01-26-2016 | ||
| Williams, Robert | Illinois | Kankakee | 2017 | 2021 | Assault | Term of Years | 9 years | 3 | 28 | Black | Male | 2020 | 12-10-2021 | |
| Williams, Ronald | Michigan | Wayne | 2010 | 2013 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 2 | 44 | Black | Male | 2012 | 09-19-2022 | |
| Williams, Willie | Georgia | Fulton | 1985 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 23 | Black | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Williamson, Jack | Florida | Broward | 1933 | 1942 | Murder | Death | 9 | 19 | Black | Male | 1942 | 02-11-2021 | ||
| Willing, Rusty | Illinois | Adams | 2016 | 2020 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 2 | 34 | White | Male | 2018 | 06-23-2020 | |
| Willis, James | Sacramento | 1927 | 1927 | Robbery | Term of Years | 5 years to life | 0 | 27 | Don't Know | Male | 1927 | |||
| Willis, Marrio D'Shane | Oklahoma | Tulsa | 2003 | 2006 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 years | 2 | 23 | Black | Male | 2004 | 2006 | 08-29-2011 |
| Willis, Patrick | California | Alameda | 2013 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 28 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-18-2021 | ||
| Wills, Ruben | New York | Queens | 2017 | 2021 | Fraud | Term of Years | 2 to 6 years | 2 | 38 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-25-2021 | |
| Wilmoth, Franklin | Ohio | Portage | 1994 | 2000 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 51 | White | Male | 1995 | 10-18-2018 | |
| 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 | ||
| Wilson, Dale | Oregon | Marion | 2016 | 2022 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 4 years | 4 | 34 | White | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 04-24-2024 |
| Wilson, David | Florida | Miami-Dade | 1967 | 1971 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 1971 | ||
| Wilson, Deontae | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 2017 | 2017 | Robbery | Not Sentenced | 0 | 28 | Black | Male | 2017 | 08-24-2017 | ||
| Wilson, Donald | Indiana | Gibson | 1995 | 1997 | Other Violent Felony | Term of Years | 2 years and 2 months | 1 | 42 | White | Male | 1995 | 1996 | 09-29-2017 |
| Wilson, Elon | Virginia | Fairfax | 2019 | 2021 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 1 month | 2 | 23 | Black | Male | 2021 | 11-12-2024 | |
| Wilson, Harold C. | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1989 | 2005 | Murder | Death | 16 | 30 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilson, Horace | New Jersey | Mercer | 1948 | 1951 | Murder | Death | 3 | 37 | Black | Male | 1951 | |||
| Wilson, Johnny Lee | Missouri | Lawrence | 1987 | 1995 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 20 | White | Male | 1989 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 |