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
Achberger, Terry E. Ohio Summit 1976 1981 Murder Life 5 28 White Male 1981 09-16-2019
Billings, Warren K. California San Francisco 1916 1961 Murder Life 23 23 White Male 1939
Blanton, Robert H. III Louisiana Ascension Parish 1974 1980 Murder Life 6 Don't Know Male 1980
Boyd, Payne West Virginia Mercer 1925 1925 Murder Life 1 Black Male 1925
Branson, William Oregon Yamhill 1916 1920 Murder Life 5 23 White Male 1920
Brooks, Riley Anne Arundel 1966 1973 Murder Life 7 46 Black Male 1973 02-16-2021
Butler, Louise Alabama Lowndes 1928 1928 Murder Life 0 Black Female 1928
Calloway, Willie Michigan Wayne 1945 1953 Murder Life 8 18 Black Male 1953
Carden, Ronald Arkansas Pulaski 1982 1982 Murder Life 1 34 Don't Know Male 1982
Carmen, Jack Allen Ohio Franklin 1975 1977 Murder Life 2 26 White Male 1977
Carroll, Francis M. Maine Oxford 1938 1950 Murder Life 12 42 White Male 1950
Chambers, Leon Mississippi Wilkinson 1970 1973 Murder Life 2 Black Male 1973
Chance, John H. Massachusetts Suffolk 1899 1911 Murder Life 12 31 Don't Know Male 1911
Clark, Charles Lee Michigan Wayne 1938 1968 Murder Life 30 39 Black Male 1968
Clark, Ephraim R. Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 35 White Male 1961
Cochran, John D. Indiana Wabash 1888 1890 Murder Life 2 White Male 1890
Coleman, Robert E. Georgia Clayton 1929 1933 Murder Life 4 21 White Male 1933
Connor, Myles Jr. Norfolk 1981 1985 Murder Life 4 32 White Male 1985
Cooper, C.D. Marlboro 1921 1934 Murder Life 5 33 White Male 1926
Cromwell, Oliver Maine Penobscot 1888 1900 Murder Life 13 White Male 1900
Dabney, Condy Kentucky Harlan 1926 1927 Murder Life 1 31 White Male 1927
Davis, Thomas Nebraska Hall 1969 1971 Murder Life 2 32 White Male 1971 10-17-2019
DeMore, Louis Missouri St. Louis 1934 1934 Murder Life 0 43 White Male 1934
Dulin, William California Los Angeles 1933 1936 Murder Life 3 25 White Male 1936
Ellison, Ella Mae Massachusetts Suffolk 1974 1978 Murder Life 4 27 Black Female 1978
Emmett, George Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 3 35 White Male 1975
Favor, Jack Bossier Parish 1967 1974 Murder Life 7 52 White Male 1974
Fay, Floyd Ohio Wood 1978 1980 Murder Life 2 26 White Male 1980
Fischer, Marshall Illinois Cook 1942 1942 Robbery Life 0 21 White Male 1942
Foster, Locke Ohio Wyandot 1901 1914 Murder Life 13 33 White Male 1914 08-29-2022
Frederick, Johnny Florida Leon 1971 1973 Murder Life 2 20 Black Male 1973
Garvey, Mike California Los Angeles 1928 1930 Murder Life 2 28 White Male 1930
Geter, Lenell Texas Dallas 1982 1984 Robbery Life 1 25 Black Male 1983
Goodwin, Paul Oklahoma Seminole 1936 1969 Murder Life 32 21 White Male 1969
Grace, Frank Parky Massachusetts Bristol 1974 1988 Murder Life 11 29 Black Male 1985
Green, Nelson New York Orleans 1915 1918 Murder Life 3 19 White Male 1918
Green, William Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1947 1957 Murder Life 10 35 Black Male 1957
Gross, Louis Michigan Wayne 1933 1949 Murder Life 16 33 White Male 1949
Growden, Gerald Michigan Wayne 1931 1932 Murder Life 1 19 White Male 1932 10-22-2020
Hacker, Larry Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 27 White Male 1975
Hall, Gordon R. California Los Angeles 1978 1982 Murder Life 3 16 Hispanic Male 1982
Hall, Lindberg Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 32 White Male 1961
Hamby, Loren Colorado Huerfano 1939 1946 Murder Life 6 20 White Male 1946
Hankins, Leonard Minnesota Hennepin 1933 1953 Murder Life 20 36 White Male 1953
Hardy, Vance Michigan Wayne 1924 1951 Murder Life 29 30 White Male 1953
Harpstrite, Valentine Illinois St. Clair 1929 1968 Murder Life 20 24 White Male 1949
Hoffner, Louis New York Queens 1941 1952 Murder Life 12 28 White Male 1952
Holbrook, Ernest Jr. Ohio Wayne 1982 1984 Murder Life 2 19 White Male 1984
Horn, Geither Washington Franklin 1935 1959 Murder Life 24 41 Black Male 1959
Hughes, George Minnesota Chisago 1921 1931 Robbery Life 10 White Male 1931
Indovino, Joseph New York Kings 1943 1946 Murder Life 3 24 Don't Know Male 1946
Jackson, Sergeant California San Diego 1974 1974 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1974
Jackson, Shea Missouri Jackson 1981 1982 Murder Life 1 25 Black Male 1982 05-26-2020
James, Tyrone South Carolina Florence 1982 1982 Murder Life 0 24 Black Male 1982
Jenkins, Billy Richard Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 31 White Male 1975
Jenkins, Lonnie Michigan Wayne 1931 1940 Murder Life 9 28 White Male 1940
Jordano, Iorlando Louisiana Jefferson 1919 1920 Murder Life 2 68 White Male 1920 07-08-2020
Kamacho, Daniel California Los Angeles 1947 1947 Murder Life 0 Hispanic Male 1947
Kuykendall, Sceola Michigan Wayne 1961 1961 Murder Life 1 21 White Male 1961
Lanzillo, Luigi Connecticut New Haven 1918 1928 Murder Life 10 18 White Male 1928
Leaster, Bobby Joe Massachusetts Suffolk 1971 1986 Murder Life 16 21 Black Male 1986
Lee, Chol Soo California San Francisco 1974 1982 Murder Life 8 21 Asian Male 1982
Lesher, Harvey California Los Angeles 1928 1930 Murder Life 2 27 White Male 1930
Logan, Ronald J. Michigan Wayne 1946 1959 Robbery Life 13 28 White Male 1959
Lucas, Jesse Wabash 1909 1941 Murder Life 22 23 White Male 1931
Lucas, Margaret Wabash 1909 1941 Murder Life 0 White Female 1909
MacGregor, Robert Michigan Huron 1912 1916 Murder Life 4 34 White Male 1916 08-19-2021
Marsh, Guy Gordon Anne Arundel 1973 1987 Murder Life 14 25 White Male 1987
Mattice, Ernest Colorado Denver 1936 1937 Sexual Assault Life 1 33 White Male 1937
McKinney, Clarence Leroy Ohio Clinton 1922 1923 Murder Life 1 White Male 1923
McMullen, Edward Ohio Miami 1956 1965 Murder Life 10 28 White Male 1965
Merritt, George New Jersey Union 1968 1980 Murder Life 11 24 Black Male 1980
Montgomery, James Lake 1924 1949 Sexual Assault Life 26 30 Black Male 1949
Morello, Raffaelo New Jersey Essex 1918 1926 Murder Life 11 25 White Male 1929
Mosley, Howard Texas Galveston 1982 1982 Attempted Murder Life 0 25 Black Male 1982 01-06-2021
Nelson, Melvin Indiana Lake 1975 1978 Other Nonviolent Felony Life 3 33 Black Male 1978 04-14-2021
Noble, Michelle Texas El Paso 1986 1988 Child Sex Abuse Life 2 34 White Female 1988 01-31-2020
Owens, Aaron California Alameda 1973 1981 Murder Life 8 29 Black Male 1981
Peterson, Winfred J. South Carolina Florence 1982 1982 Murder Life 0 24 Black Male 1982
Pianezzi, Peter California Los Angeles 1940 1966 Murder Life 13 35 White Male 1953
Powell, James Hoyt Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 35 White Male 1975
Prevost, Lloyd Michigan Macomb 1920 1930 Murder Life 11 24 White Male 1930
Pugh, Earl Howard Illinois Cook 1937 1953 Murder Life 16 19 Black Male 1953
Reissfelder, George Massachusetts Suffolk 1967 1982 Murder Life 10 26 White Male 1977
Reynolds, Melvin Lee Missouri Buchanan 1979 1983 Murder Life 4 24 White Male 1983
Ripan, Alexander Michigan Saginaw 1920 1939 Murder Life 19 27 White Male 1939
Rivera, Miguel Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1974 1987 Murder Life 8 25 Hispanic Male 1983
Roberts, Charles Georgia Cobb 1975 1975 Murder Life 1 White Male 1975
Robinson, Van Bering New Mexico Bernalillo 1981 1983 Murder Life 2 22 Black Male 1983
Rodriguez, Santos Hampden 1954 1957 Murder Life 2 26 Hispanic Male 1957
Rohan, Phil California Los Angeles 1928 1930 Murder Life 2 19 White Male 1930
Rucker, Herman Ray Ohio Wayne 1982 1983 Murder Life 1 26 White Male 1983
Ruff, Alton Wayne Georgia Cobb 1973 1975 Murder Life 2 25 White Male 1975
Santos, Jorge de los New Jersey Essex 1975 1983 Murder Life 8 30 Hispanic Male 1983
Sauerman, Leo Michigan Wayne 1922 1925 Murder Life 3 25 White Male 1925 03-03-2023
Seaton, Terry New Mexico Eddy 1973 1980 Murder Life 6 21 Black Male 1979
Shea, Joseph Francis Florida Miami-Dade 1959 1966 Murder Life 6 26 White Male 1966
Sheeler, Rudolph Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1939 1951 Murder Life 12 23 White Male 1951
Sheppard, Samuel Ohio Cuyahoga 1954 1966 Murder Life 10 30 White Male 1964
Smith, Larry Thomas Ohio Summit 1976 1980 Murder Life 4 30 White Male 1980