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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Joseph | South Carolina | Bamberg | 2003 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 24 years | 11 | 44 | Black | Male | 2014 | 11-25-2014 | |
| Walker, William | Ohio | Stark | 2002 | 2005 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 36 | Black | Male | 2003 | 04-14-2015 | |
| Waller, James | Texas | Dallas | 1983 | 2007 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 30 years | 10 | 25 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Waller, Patrick | Texas | Dallas | 1992 | 2008 | Kidnapping | Life | 16 | 22 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Walter, Sullivan | Louisiana | Orleans | 1986 | 2022 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 35 years | 35 | 17 | Black | Male | 2021 | 08-31-2022 | |
| Wanzer, Terry Lee | Georgia | Clayton | 1973 | 1991 | Sexual Assault | Life | 8 | 20 | White | Male | 1981 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ward, Bernard | Maryland | Anne Arundel | 1989 | 1994 | Murder | Life | 5 | 28 | White | Male | 1994 | 1994 | 06-22-2013 | |
| Ward, James | Ohio | Franklin | 1991 | 1993 | Theft | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 34 | Black | Male | 1991 | 12-21-2018 | |
| Ward, Madeleine | Illinois | DuPage | 2006 | 2008 | Theft | Term of Years | 6 years and 7 months | 2 | 52 | White | Female | 2008 | 04-05-2013 | |
| Ward, Nathaniel | Texas | McLennan | 1999 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 45 years | 2 | 35 | Black | Male | 2001 | 10-19-2012 | |
| Ware, Melonie | Georgia | DeKalb | 2005 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 1 | 30 | Black | Female | 2006 | 10-11-2011 | ||
| Warney, Douglas | New York | Monroe | 1997 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 9 | 34 | White | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Warrior, Kevin | Oklahoma | Tulsa | 2016 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 2019 | 11-25-2019 | ||
| Washington, Brandon | California | Sacramento | 2013 | 2023 | Assault | Term of Years | 8 years | 2 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 04-22-2024 | |
| Washington, Darryl | Texas | Dallas | 1996 | 2012 | Robbery | Life | 16 | 24 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-18-2012 | ||
| 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, Vonaire | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1991 | 2001 | Robbery | Term of Years | 22 years | 10 | 24 | Black | Male | 2001 | 07-09-2014 | |
| Washington-Riley, Alexander | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2014 | 03-13-2020 | ||
| Waters, Leo | North Carolina | Onslow | 1982 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Life | 21 | 30 | White | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Watkins, John | Arizona | Maricopa | 2004 | 2010 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 14 years | 7 | 19 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| 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 | |
| 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, Joseph | Tennessee | Davidson | 2006 | 2020 | Murder | Life | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2020 | 11-30-2020 | |
| Weichel, Fred | Massachusetts | Norfolk | 1981 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 28 | White | Male | 2017 | 08-10-2017 | ||
| Weiner, Murray | California | San Diego | 1994 | 1996 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 2 | 65 | White | Male | 1996 | 03-16-2013 | ||
| Weitzel, Robert | Utah | Davis | 2000 | 2002 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 1 to 15 years | 1 | 39 | White | Male | 2001 | 06-27-2014 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Wheatt, Derrick | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1996 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 to life | 19 | 17 | Black | Male | 2004 | 2015 | 08-17-2016 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Whitehead, Ronnie | Texas | Harris | 2004 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 31 | White | Male | 2004 | 01-14-2015 | |
| Whitfield, Arthur Lee | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1982 | 2009 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 63 years | 23 | 26 | Black | Male | 2004 | 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 | ||
| Wilber, Danny | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | Life | 17 | 24 | Native American | Male | 2021 | 07-04-2022 | ||
| Wilcox, George | Arkansas | Pulaski | 1998 | 2001 | Assault | Not Sentenced | 0 | 55 | White | Male | 1998 | 06-22-2016 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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, Calvin | Louisiana | Orleans | 1977 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 15 | Black | Male | 1992 | 08-29-2011 | |||
| Williams, Clifford Jr. | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2019 | Murder | Death | 43 | 33 | Black | Male | 2019 | 04-04-2019 | ||
| Williams, Darrell | Oklahoma | Payne | 2012 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2012 | 06-26-2014 | ||
| 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, Dwayne | Louisiana | Orleans | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 22 | Black | Male | 2022 | 11-21-2023 | ||
| Williams, Gregory | Texas | Lubbock | 2018 | 2023 | Sex Offender Registration | Term of Years | 2 years | 4 | 55 | Black | Male | 2022 | 04-19-2024 | |
| Williams, James Curtis | Texas | Dallas | 1984 | 2012 | Sexual Assault | Life | 27 | 25 | Black | Male | 2011 | 07-16-2012 | ||
| Williams, Jerron | Florida | Miami-Dade | 2013 | 2015 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 50 years | 2 | 31 | Black | Male | 2015 | 05-15-2015 | |
| Williams, Jimmy | Ohio | Summit | 1991 | 2001 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 10 | 20 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 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, 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 | |
| Williams, Willie | Florida | Duval | 1976 | 2024 | Attempted Murder | Life | 44 | 30 | Black | Male | 2020 | 01-09-2024 | ||
| 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, Ernest Ray | Texas | Pecos | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 17 | 39 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| 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 | |
| Wilson, Deontae | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 2017 | 2017 | Robbery | Not Sentenced | 0 | 28 | Black | Male | 2017 | 08-24-2017 | ||
| Wilson, Harold C. | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1989 | 2005 | Murder | Death | 16 | 30 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilson, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2006 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 7 | 41 | Black | Male | 2006 | 2006 | 08-29-2011 |
| Wilson, Theopolis | Wisconsin | Racine | 1989 | 1991 | Burglary/Unlawful Entry | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | 22 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-01-2012 | |
| Winfrey, Megan | Texas | San Jacinto | 2008 | 2013 | Murder | Life | 5 | 16 | White | Female | 2013 | 04-18-2013 | ||
| Winston, J'Avarus | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2015 | 05-31-2016 | ||
| Wirkkala, Luke | Oregon | Deschutes | 2014 | 2021 | Murder | Life | 7 | 32 | White | Male | 2021 | 04-28-2021 | ||
| Witt, Drayton | Arizona | Maricopa | 2002 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 10 | 18 | White | Male | 2012 | 2012 | 11-01-2012 |
| Woidtke, Rodney | Illinois | St. Clair | 1989 | 2001 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 12 | 27 | White | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Womble, Willie | North Carolina | Granville | 1976 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 38 | 21 | Black | Male | 2014 | 10-17-2014 | |
| Woodard, James Lee | Texas | Dallas | 1981 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 27 | 26 | Black | Male | DK | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woodley, Collin | New York | Suffolk | 1990 | 1998 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 8 | 30 | White | Male | 1998 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woods, Anthony | Missouri | St. Louis City | 1984 | 2005 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 18 | 20 | Black | Male | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Woods, Cathy | Nevada | Washoe | 1980 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 34 | 26 | White | Female | 2014 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Woods, Cedric | Texas | Harris | 2007 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 90 days | 0 | 38 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-27-2024 | |
| Woodworth, Mark | Missouri | Livingston | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 19 | 16 | White | Male | 2014 | 07-23-2014 | |
| Wooten, Suzanne | Texas | Collin | 2011 | 2017 | Bribery | Probation | 0 | 40 | White | Female | 2011 | 06-19-2018 | ||
| Worden, George IV | Tennessee | Sumner | 2020 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 60 days | 0 | 28 | White | Male | 2020 | 08-16-2024 | |
| Woten, Michael Anthony | Texas | Dallas | 1982 | 1990 | Robbery | Term of Years | 55 years | 8 | 19 | White | Male | 1990 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wright, Summer | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Community Service | 0 | 20 | Black | Female | 2013 | 11-02-2015 | ||
| Yac-Garcia, Jose | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 27 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 11-03-2015 |