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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 |
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| McDermott, Christopher | Maryland | Carroll | 1999 | 2000 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 23 | White | Male | 1999 | 2000 | 02-10-2016 |
| McDermott, Michael | Idaho | Bonner | 2019 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 10 to 25 years | 3 | 47 | White | Male | 2022 | 09-05-2023 | |
| McDonald, Leon | Texas | Harris | 2007 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 9 months | 0 | 39 | Black | Male | 2008 | 07-15-2016 | |
| McDonald, Octayvia | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Female | 2005 | 12-09-2018 | ||
| McDonald, Wilbur | Illinois | Cook | 1971 | 1973 | Murder | Term of Years | 100 to 150 years | 2 | 31 | White | Male | 1973 | ||
| McDowell, Vidale | Michigan | Wayne | 2003 | 2004 | Murder | Life | 1 | 18 | Black | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| McEachern, Toney | North Carolina | Robeson | 1993 | 1998 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 5 | 34 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1998 | 09-02-2015 | |
| McElwrath, John | Tennessee | Weakley | 1903 | 1915 | Murder | Death | 12 | Black | Male | 1915 | ||||
| McGee, Jameel | Fed-MI | Western | 2006 | 2009 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 9 years | 3 | 25 | Black | Male | 2009 | 11-12-2024 | |
| McGee, Marvin | Texas | Harris | 2014 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 30 days | 0 | 32 | Black | Male | 2015 | 11-02-2015 | |
| McGinnis, Damian | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 7 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-09-2024 | |
| McIntyre, Richard | North Dakota | Burleigh | 1991 | 1992 | Assault | Term of Years | 60 days | 0 | 31 | White | Male | 1991 | 02-16-2014 | |
| McKee, Dean | Florida | Hillsborough | 1988 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 30 | 16 | White | Male | 1998 | 2018 | 02-14-2019 | |
| McKelvey, Michael | Texas | Harris | 2009 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2009 | 07-15-2016 | |
| McKenzie, John | New Jersey | Mercer | 1948 | 1951 | Murder | Death | 3 | 24 | Black | Male | 1951 | |||
| McKoy, James | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 17 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| McLaughlin, Mark | Fed-PA | (Eastern) | 1996 | 2000 | Tax Evasion/Fraud | Not Sentenced | 0 | 30 | White | Male | 1998 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McLaughlin, Russell | Fed-PA | (Eastern) | 1996 | 1998 | Tax Evasion/Fraud | Not Sentenced | 3 | 36 | White | Male | 1998 | 1998 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McLean, Keyiede | Virginia | Arlington | 2023 | 2025 | Theft | Fine | 0 | 45 | Black | Female | 2023 | 02-07-2025 | ||
| McLean, Melvin | New Jersey | Camden | 2007 | 2010 | Drug Possession or Sale | Unknown | 3 | 42 | Black | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2022 | ||
| McMahan, David | Maine | Knox | 2000 | 2001 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 40 | White | Male | 2000 | 06-09-2014 | ||
| McManus, John | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1911 | 1912 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | Don't Know | Male | 1912 | |||
| McMillian, Walter | Alabama | Monroe | 1988 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 5 | 45 | Black | Male | 1991 | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McMullen, Edward | Ohio | Miami | 1956 | 1965 | Murder | Life | 10 | 28 | White | Male | 1965 | |||
| McNair, Daniel | South Carolina | Lancaster | 1986 | 2000 | Murder | Life | 14 | 35 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2000 | 06-30-2013 | |
| McNairy, Andre | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 9 years | 6 | 44 | Black | Male | 2015 | 11-28-2018 | |
| McNenney, Edward | New York | New York | 2008 | 2011 | Fraud | Term of Years | 90 days | 0 | 40 | White | Male | 2008 | 06-25-2013 | |
| Melendez, Juan Roberto | Florida | Polk | 1984 | 2002 | Murder | Death | 17 | 32 | Hispanic | Male | 1994 | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Melendez, Renee | New York | Bronx | 2014 | 2014 | Theft | Not Sentenced | 0 | 29 | Hispanic | Female | 2014 | 12-31-2014 | ||
| Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2024 | Murder | Death | 35 | 22 | White | Male | 2024 | 01-02-2025 | ||
| Mena, Enrique | California | Los Angeles | 1997 | 2000 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 2 | 29 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 04-12-2021 | |
| Mendez, Alexandra | Texas | Harris | 2014 | 2014 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 18 | White | Female | 2014 | 01-14-2015 | |
| Mendoza, Madeline | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 16 | 16 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 2009 | 01-10-2023 |
| Menendez, Ceaser | California | Los Angeles | 1996 | 2001 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 12 years | 6 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 2001 | 05-18-2012 |
| Mengloi, Mary | Florida | Palm Beach | 1990 | 1993 | Theft | Probation | 0 | 30 | White | Female | 1990 | 10-26-2014 | ||
| Mercer, Ellen | New Mexico | Dona Ana | 2002 | 2006 | Fraud | Probation | 0 | 46 | White | Female | 2002 | 11-11-2019 | ||
| Merritt, George | New Jersey | Union | 1968 | 1980 | Murder | Life | 11 | 24 | Black | Male | 1980 | |||
| Merritt, Gilbert III | Virginia | Norfolk City | 2001 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 20 | 22 | Black | Male | 2019 | 2022 | 04-04-2024 |
| Mersereau, Adam | Wyoming | Converse | 2010 | 2012 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 18 to 24 years | 2 | 23 | White | Male | 2012 | 05-27-2017 | |
| Michaels, Margaret Kelly | New Jersey | Essex | 1988 | 1994 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 47 years | 5 | 22 | White | Female | 1993 | 02-21-2012 | |
| Middlebrooks, Chad | Texas | Harris | 2016 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2016 | 11-05-2016 | ||
| Miles, Richard | Texas | Dallas | 1995 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 14 | 19 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2009 | 05-19-2012 |
| Milke, Debra | Arizona | Maricopa | 1990 | 2015 | Murder | Death | 23 | 25 | White | Female | 2013 | 03-19-2015 | ||
| Miller, Dion | New Jersey | Hudson | 2006 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 17 | 33 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-14-2023 | |
| Miller, Gina | California | Kern | 1985 | 1991 | Child Sex Abuse | Life | 5 | 25 | White | Female | 1989 | 1990 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Miller, Henry | Fed-AR | (Western) | 1888 | 1902 | Murder | Death | 14 | 35 | White | Male | 1902 | |||
| Miller, Joel | Fed-CA | (Central) | 2012 | 2014 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 35 | White | Male | 2013 | 12-19-2014 | |
| Miller, John | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1998 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 21 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2019 | 08-05-2019 | |
| Miller, Lloyd Eldon | Hancock | 1956 | 1971 | Murder | Death | 10 | 29 | White | Male | 1967 | ||||
| Miller, Maurice Ladon | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2005 | 2007 | Murder | Life | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-22-2013 | ||
| Miller, Robert Lee Jr. | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 1988 | 2017 | Murder | Death | 10 | 27 | Black | Male | 1998 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Miller, Thomas | Florida | Hillsborough | 1997 | 2001 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 15 years | 0 | 19 | White | Male | 1997 | 1997 | 01-29-2014 |
| Miller, Tonia | Michigan | Calhoun | 2003 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to 30 years | 18 | 18 | White | Female | 2020 | 2021 | 09-20-2021 |
| Minnitt, Andre | Arizona | Pima | 1993 | 2002 | Murder | Death | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Minsky, Gerald | Fed-KY | (Eastern) | 1991 | 1992 | Fraud | Term of Years | 1 year and 6 months | 0 | 42 | White | Male | 1991 | 12-12-2012 | |
| Miranda, Adam | California | Los Angeles | 1983 | 2009 | Murder | Life | 0 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 1983 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Misch, Eric | Ohio | Lucas | 1993 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years to life | 26 | 16 | White | Male | 2016 | 2020 | 12-08-2024 |
| Mitchel, Albert | New York | Kings | 2007 | 2008 | Drug Possession or Sale | Not Sentenced | 0 | 42 | Black | Male | 2007 | 09-03-2013 | ||
| Mitchell, DeQuentun | Texas | Harris | 2016 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-15-2024 | |
| Mitchell, Melvin | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 4 | 50 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-15-2024 | |
| Modahl, Jeffrey | California | Kern | 1986 | 1999 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 48 years | 13 | 29 | White | Male | 1987 | 1999 | 08-29-2011 |
| Moldowan, Jeffrey | Michigan | Macomb | 1991 | 2003 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 60 to 90 years | 11 | 20 | White | Male | DK | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Molette, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2007 | 04-27-2023 | |
| Monroe, Beverly | Virginia | Powhatan | 1992 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 22 years | 9 | 54 | White | Female | 2002 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Monroe, Harold | Texas | Harris | 2014 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 90 days | 0 | 47 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-13-2017 | |
| Monroe, Taylor | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 days | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2015 | 07-11-2016 | |
| Montanez, Jose | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 22 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 2016 | 07-23-2016 |
| Montes, Roy | California | Los Angeles | 1996 | 1999 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 3 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 1999 | 12-11-2020 |
| Montgomery, Gary Jr. | Michigan | Wayne | 2015 | 2017 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 13 to 32 years | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 2017 | 08-02-2017 | |
| Montgomery, Johnathan | Virginia | Hampton City | 2008 | 2013 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 7 years and 6 months | 4 | 14 | White | Male | 2012 | 2012 | 12-20-2013 |
| Montgomery, Melvin | Fed-MO | (Western) | 1995 | 1997 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years and 6 months | 2 | 31 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-24-2014 | |
| Montgomery, Patrick | Texas | Dallas | 1987 | 2009 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 20 years | 22 | 31 | White | Male | 2008 | 2009 | 10-19-2012 |
| Mooney, John | Maryland | Baltimore City | 2010 | 2014 | Murder | Life | 4 | 19 | White | Male | 2014 | 03-19-2014 | ||
| Mooney, Thomas J. | California | San Francisco | 1917 | 1939 | Murder | Death | 22 | 24 | White | Male | 1939 | |||
| Moore, Christopher | Michigan | Berrien | 2006 | 2011 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | Black | Male | 2007 | 09-13-2022 | |||
| Moore, Curtis | Virginia | Greensville | 1978 | 2010 | Murder | Life | 3 | 32 | Black | Male | 1981 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Moore, Daniel Wade | Alabama | Morgan | 2002 | 2009 | Murder | Death | 5 | 24 | White | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Moore, Elgen | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-10-2022 | ||
| Moore, James | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 45 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Moore, Joe | Texas | Swisher | 1999 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 90 years | 4 | 55 | Black | Male | 2003 | 05-18-2022 | |
| Moore, Kenneth | Ohio | Pike | 1995 | 2004 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to Life | 9 | 45 | White | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Moore, Kenneth | Texas | Galveston | 2014 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 29 | Black | Male | 2015 | 01-20-2015 | |
| Moore, Laurie | Michigan | Otsego | 1987 | 1991 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 7 to 15 years | 3 | 33 | White | Male | 1991 | 04-23-2016 | |
| Moore, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 34 years | 9 | 37 | Black | Male | 2012 | 2018 | 08-29-2024 |
| Moore, Salaam | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2001 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 16 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2016 | 07-26-2016 | |
| Moore, Sedrick | Georgia | Colquitt | 2002 | 2023 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 50 years | 21 | 17 | Black | Male | 2023 | 10-13-2023 | |
| Moore, Walter | Michigan | Otsego | 1988 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 7 | 37 | White | Male | 1995 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Moore, Wayne | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Morales, Joe | Arizona | Maricopa | 1976 | 1981 | Murder | Death | 5 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 1981 | 09-05-2023 | ||
| Morales, Melissa | Florida | Martin | 2018 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 37 | White | Female | 2019 | 04-04-2019 | |
| Morales, Raul | New York | Bronx | 1988 | 1997 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 12 1/2 to 25 years | 9 | 41 | Hispanic | Male | 1996 | 1997 | 12-12-2013 |
| Morales, Robert Anel Diaz | Puerto Rico | Humacao | 2004 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 172 years | 8 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 12-07-2012 | |
| Morant, Stefon | Connecticut | New Haven | 1994 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 70 years | 21 | 21 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2015 | 11-15-2021 |
| Morello, Raffaelo | New Jersey | Essex | 1918 | 1926 | Murder | Life | 11 | 25 | White | Male | 1929 | |||
| Moreno, David | California | Solano | 1998 | 2000 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 05-31-2013 | ||
| Moreno, Tony Jr. | California | Los Angeles | 2014 | 2016 | Robbery | Term of Years | 3 years | 2 | 28 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 2016 | 12-19-2017 |
| Morfin, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 24 | 17 | White | Male | 2000 | 2021 | 02-08-2021 | |
| Morillo, Carlos | New York | Bronx | 1993 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 18 | 29 | Hispanic | Male | 2011 | 2011 | 01-18-2012 |
| Morings, Claude Jr. | Fed-Military | 2002 | 2009 | Child Abuse | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2003 | 08-14-2024 | |
| Morris, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2005 | 01-19-2021 |