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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Kenneth | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 18 | 22 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Allen, James | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1987 | 09-27-2021 | ||
| Anderson, Tyjuan | Illinois | Winnebago | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 10 | 19 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-24-2015 |
| Andrews, James | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 23 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-21-2012 | ||
| Banks, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1990 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 5 | 20 | Black | Male | 1990 | 07-11-2019 | |
| Barr, Jonathan | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 85 years | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-23-2012 |
| Bates, David | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 9 | 18 | Black | Male | 1994 | 01-30-2015 | |
| Beals, Brian | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 34 | 22 | Black | Male | 2023 | 2023 | 01-03-2024 |
| Blackmon, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 14 | 20 | Black | Male | 2017 | 2018 | 01-28-2019 |
| Bolden, Eddie | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2016 | 04-22-2016 | ||
| 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 |
| Caine, Eric | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2011 | Murder | Life | 22 | 20 | Black | Male | 2011 | 08-31-2011 | ||
| Catron, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 7 | 22 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Coleman, Christopher | Illinois | Peoria | 1995 | 2014 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 60 years | 19 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2013 | 03-13-2014 |
| Day, Arnold | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2018 | 12-20-2018 | |
| Fauntleroy, David | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 22 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-21-2012 | ||
| Fields, Nathson Edgar | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 17 | 29 | Black | Male | DK | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Fletcher, James Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 27 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2020 | 02-24-2020 | |
| Fountain, Ricky | Illinois | Cook | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 6 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 05-30-2023 | |
| Fulton, John | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 18 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Gardner, Lewis | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Gibson, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 23 | Black | Male | 2016 | 2019 | 05-04-2019 | |
| Gray, Paula | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 2002 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 7 | 17 | Black | Female | 1994 | 1985 | 08-29-2011 |
| Hampton, Patrick | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2011 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 60 years | 19 | 18 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2002 | 07-06-2014 |
| Harden, James | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 16 | 16 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-23-2012 |
| Harper, Maurice | Illinois | Jackson | 2002 | 2007 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 3 | 23 | Black | Male | DK | 2005 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harris, Darien | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 76 years | 10 | 18 | Black | Male | 2023 | 01-03-2024 | |
| Harris, Keith | Illinois | St. Clair | 1979 | 2003 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 22 | 19 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Harris, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 31 | 34 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2023 | 04-08-2023 |
| Haynes, Terrence | Illinois | Kankakee | 2000 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 18 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2019 | 06-11-2019 |
| Henderson, Reginald | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 24 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-12-2021 | |
| Hill, Dwayne | Illinois | Cook | 2013 | 2018 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 26 years | 6 | 33 | Black | Male | 2018 | 05-30-2023 | |
| Hill, Harold | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2005 | Murder | Life without parole | 10 | 16 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Hood, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 19 | 29 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2015 | 02-12-2015 |
| Jimerson, Verneal | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 10 | 25 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Johnson, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 47 years | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2014 | 02-27-2015 |
| Johnson, Demetrius | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 15 | Black | Male | 2004 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Johnson, Juan | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2004 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 11 | 19 | Black | Male | 2003 | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Johnson, Lumont | Illinois | Winnebago | 2002 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 10 | 29 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-24-2015 |
| Kruger, David | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 12 | 21 | Black | Male | DK | 2001 | 12-02-2024 |
| Logan, Leonard | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2019 | 10-26-2023 | |
| Lyons, Marcus | Illinois | DuPage | 1988 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 6 years | 2 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McIntosh, Norman | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 13 | 23 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 10-26-2016 |
| 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 |
| Moore, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 34 years | 9 | 37 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2018 | 08-29-2024 |
| Myles, Roosevelt | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 25 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2020 | 01-05-2023 |
| Newsome, James | Illinois | Cook | 1980 | 1995 | Murder | Life | 14 | 24 | Black | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Ollins, Calvin | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Ollins, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 13 | 16 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 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 | |
| Pendleton, Marlon | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2006 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 20 years | 11 | 35 | Black | Male | 2006 | 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 | |
| Pursley, Patrick | Illinois | Winnebago | 1994 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 28 | Black | Male | 2016 | 2017 | 02-04-2019 | |
| Rainge, Willie | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 18 | 20 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Reed, Carl | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 years | 14 | 41 | Black | Male | 2020 | 06-15-2023 | |
| Robinson, Allen | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 11 | 21 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2022 | 06-14-2023 |
| Robinson, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 9 | 20 | Black | Male | 2024 | 04-22-2024 | |
| Robinson, Louis | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 26 | 28 | Black | Male | 2022 | 2023 | 08-25-2023 |
| Ross, Anthony | Illinois | Winnebago | 2004 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-13-2015 |
| Sanders, Rodell | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 20 | 28 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2014 | 07-29-2014 |
| Saunders, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 14 | 18 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Sharp, Shainne | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 8 | 16 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2002 | 01-23-2012 |
| Smith, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 2020 | 2024 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 4 | 24 | Black | Male | 2024 | 01-17-2024 | ||
| Taylor, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2013 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2013 | 06-28-2013 | |
| Thompson, Grover | Illinois | Jefferson | 1981 | 2019 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 15 | 46 | Black | Male | 2008 | 1996 | 02-15-2019 |
| Thompson, Patrick | Illinois | Champaign | 2006 | 2008 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 0 | 35 | Black | Male | 2006 | 07-29-2012 | ||
| Tyler, Sean | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 58 years | 23 | 17 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2019 | 10-12-2021 |
| Veal, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 8 | 14 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2002 | 01-15-2012 |
| Walker, Danny | Illinois | DuPage | 2012 | 2018 | Fraud | Term of Years | 6 months | 1 | 47 | Black | Male | 2012 | 04-20-2018 | |
| Walker, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 26 | 23 | Black | Male | 2020 | 08-26-2020 | ||
| Walker, Xavier | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2019 | 01-02-2020 | |
| Washington, Wayne | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 11 | 20 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2007 | 02-12-2015 |
| Weston, Demond | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 28 | 17 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2019 | 01-09-2020 |
| Williams, Bernard | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 21 | 17 | Black | Male | 2005 | 2019 | 10-02-2023 |
| Williams, Dennis | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 18 | 21 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Williams, Emmaline | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1995 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 12 years | 8 | 43 | Black | Female | 1994 | 07-03-2014 | |
| Wilson, Jackie | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 35 | 21 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2018 | 10-16-2020 | |
| Wilson, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2006 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 7 | 41 | Black | Male | 2006 | 2006 | 08-29-2011 |
| Winston, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 5 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2012 | 07-05-2012 |
| Wrice, Stanley | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Life | 31 | 28 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2013 | 12-12-2013 | |
| Young, Dan Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2005 | Murder | Life without parole | 10 | 30 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 |