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
Abrego, Eruby Illinois Cook 2004 2022 Murder Term of Years 90 years 18 20 Hispanic Male 2012 2022 08-25-2022
Adams, Kenneth Illinois Cook 1978 1996 Murder Term of Years 75 years 18 22 Black Male 1994 1996 08-29-2011
Aguirre, Omar Illinois Cook 1999 2003 Murder Term of Years 55 years 4 28 Hispanic Male 2002 08-29-2011
Allen, James Illinois Cook 1987 2021 Murder Life without parole 0 34 Black Male 1987 09-27-2021
Almendarez, Arthur Illinois Cook 1990 2022 Murder Life without parole 32 19 Hispanic Male 1990 2022 08-08-2022
Almodovar, Roberto Illinois Cook 1995 2017 Murder Life without parole 21 19 Hispanic Male 1999 2017 04-26-2017
Anderson, Tyjuan Illinois Winnebago 2002 2015 Murder Term of Years 50 years 10 19 Black Male 2015 2013 11-24-2015
Andino, Carlos Illinois Cook 1996 2022 Murder Term of Years 60 years 26 21 Hispanic Male 2021 2022 08-23-2022
Andrews, James Illinois Cook 1985 2008 Murder Life 23 21 Black Male 2007 12-21-2012
Antusas, Wayne Illinois Cook 1998 2021 Murder Life without parole 23 17 White Male 2000 2021 02-19-2021
Ayala, David Illinois Cook 1982 2023 Murder Life without parole 41 18 Hispanic Male 1991 2023 12-21-2023
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
Bouto, Robert Illinois Cook 1996 2018 Murder Term of Years 45 years 19 17 White Male 2004 2015 07-02-2018
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
Burrows, Joseph Illinois Iroquois 1989 1996 Murder Death 5 35 White Male 1992 1994 08-29-2011
Cain, Jeremiah Illinois Cook 2001 2022 Murder Term of Years 25 years 21 23 White Male 2012 2022 08-25-2022
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
Colon, David Illinois Cook 1993 2022 Murder Term of Years 50 years 24 20 Hispanic Male 1993 2017 08-25-2022
Colon, Edgardo Illinois Cook 2017 2023 Murder Term of Years 84 years 5 34 Hispanic Male 2022 07-19-2023
Cruz, Jose Illinois Cook 1996 2022 Murder Term of Years 90 years 26 24 Hispanic Male 2022 07-18-2022
Day, Arnold Illinois Cook 1994 2018 Murder Term of Years 60 years 24 18 Black Male 2018 12-20-2018
Diaz, Angel Illinois Cook 1996 2023 Murder Term of Years 44 years 14 21 Hispanic Male 2010 08-15-2024
Escamilla, Nicholas Illinois Cook 1994 2023 Murder Term of Years 29 years 14 20 Hispanic Male 2008 11-14-2023
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
Flores, Johnny Illinois Cook 1990 2022 Murder Term of Years 40 years 28 18 Hispanic Male 2018 09-06-2022
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
Galvan, John Illinois Cook 1989 2022 Murder Life without parole 33 18 Hispanic Male 1990 2022 08-08-2022
Gardner, Lewis Illinois Cook 1995 2014 Murder Term of Years 30 years 12 15 Black Male 2001 2007 06-24-2014
Gayol, Robert Illinois Cook 2001 2003 Murder Life 2 33 Hispanic Male 2003 08-29-2011
Gecht, David Illinois Cook 2000 2022 Murder Term of Years 45 years 22 18 White Male 2011 2022 08-04-2022
Gibson, James Illinois Cook 1991 2019 Murder Life without parole 28 23 Black Male 2016 2019 05-04-2019
Gonzalez, Alfredo Illinois Cook 1992 2022 Murder Life without parole 30 32 Hispanic Male 1990 2022 08-23-2022
Gonzalez, Nelson Illinois Cook 1994 2022 Murder Term of Years 45 years 22 24 Hispanic Male 2016 08-22-2022
Gonzalez, Tony Illinois Cook 1999 2024 Murder Term of Years 42 years 24 21 Hispanic Male 2024 01-31-2024
Gray, Adam Illinois Cook 1996 2017 Murder Life without parole 21 14 White Male 2006 2017 05-12-2017
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
Hernandez, Juan Illinois Cook 2001 2022 Murder Term of Years 86 years 21 20 Hispanic Male 2019 2022 08-15-2022
Hernandez, Rosendo Illinois Cook 1999 2022 Murder Term of Years 75 years 23 19 Hispanic Male 2019 2022 08-15-2022
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
Iglesias, Geraldo Illinois Cook 1994 2019 Murder Term of Years 35 years 16 24 Hispanic Male 2018 2010 01-30-2019
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
Kelly, Thomas Illinois Cook 2001 2024 Murder Term of Years 25 years 22 17 Hispanic Male 2016 2024 02-05-2024
Kluppelberg, James Illinois Cook 1989 2012 Murder Life 23 18 White Male 2007 2012 05-31-2012
Kruger, David Illinois Cook 1989 2024 Murder Term of Years 25 years 12 21 Black Male DK 2001 12-02-2024
Kwil, Richard Illinois Cook 2000 2023 Murder Term of Years 30 years 23 19 Native American Male 2011 2023 04-24-2023
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
Martinez, John Illinois Cook 2001 2023 Murder Term of Years 25 years 22 18 Hispanic Male 2016 2023 03-03-2023
Masterson, Kerry Illinois Cook 2011 2017 Murder Term of Years 58 years 6 23 Hispanic Female 2017 11-10-2017
Maysonet, Jose Illinois Cook 1995 2017 Murder Life without parole 22 22 Hispanic Male 2010 2017 11-20-2017
McCullough, Jack Illinois DeKalb 2012 2016 Murder Life 4 18 White Male 2013 2016 05-02-2016
McIntosh, Norman Illinois Cook 2003 2016 Murder Term of Years 45 years 13 23 Black Male 2013 2016 10-26-2016
Melock, Robert Illinois Lake 1989 2024 Murder Death 35 22 White Male 2024 01-02-2025
Mendoza, Madeline Illinois Cook 1993 2023 Murder Term of Years 35 years 16 16 Hispanic Female 2017 2009 01-10-2023
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
Montanez, Jose Illinois Cook 1994 2016 Murder Term of Years 55 years 22 25 Hispanic Male 1999 2016 07-23-2016
Moore, Omar Illinois Cook 2009 2018 Murder Term of Years 34 years 9 37 Black Male 2012 2018 08-29-2024
Morales, Miguel Illinois Cook 1994 2023 Murder Term of Years 45 years 21 19 Hispanic Male 2005 2015 11-14-2023
Morfin, Nicholas Illinois Cook 1997 2021 Murder Life without parole 24 17 White Male 2000 2021 02-08-2021
Mulero, Marilyn Illinois Cook 1993 2022 Murder Death 27 21 Hispanic Female 2017 2020 08-22-2022
Myles, Roosevelt Illinois Cook 1996 2022 Murder Term of Years 60 years 25 29 Black Male 2018 2020 01-05-2023
Nanez, Francisco Illinois Cook 1990 2022 Murder Life without parole 32 21 Hispanic Male 1990 2022 08-08-2022
Negron, William Illinois Cook 1995 2017 Murder Life without parole 0 17 Hispanic Male 1999 1995 04-26-2017
Newsome, James Illinois Cook 1980 1995 Murder Life 14 24 Black Male 1994 08-29-2011
Ochoa, Daniel Alberto Illinois Cook 2005 2019 Murder Term of Years 90 years 15 20 Hispanic Male 2019 12-17-2021
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
Ortiz, Edwin Illinois Cook 1993 2024 Murder Term of Years 40 years 17 15 Hispanic Male 2022 2010 08-06-2024
Ortiz, Luis Illinois Cook 2000 2003 Murder Term of Years 25 years 3 18 Hispanic Male 2003 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