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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weaver, Mary | Iowa | Marshall | 1994 | 1997 | Murder | Life without parole | 2 | 41 | White | Female | 1996 | 07-29-2012 | ||
| Webb, Ricky | Tennessee | Gibson | 1978 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 46 | 21 | Black | Male | 2023 | 2024 | 11-12-2024 | |
| Weeks, Carlos | New York | Kings | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 1/2 to Life | 25 | 20 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2019 | 10-09-2019 |
| Weichel, Fred | Massachusetts | Norfolk | 1981 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 36 | 28 | White | Male | 2017 | 08-10-2017 | ||
| Weimer, Crystal | Pennsylvania | Fayette | 2006 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to 30 years | 9 | 23 | White | Female | 2015 | 2015 | 06-29-2016 |
| Weiner, Murray | California | San Diego | 1994 | 1996 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 2 | 65 | White | Male | 1996 | 03-16-2013 | ||
| Welcome, Ernest | New York | Bronx | 1970 | 1977 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years to life | 8 | 20 | Black | Male | 1977 | 03-30-2021 | |
| Weston, Demond | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 28 | 17 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2019 | 01-09-2020 |
| Wheatt, Derrick | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1996 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 to life | 19 | 17 | Black | Male | 2004 | 2015 | 08-17-2016 |
| Whirl, Shawn | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 24 | 20 | Black | Male | 2015 | 10-22-2015 | |
| Whitaker, Mark | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2003 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 16 | 29 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-12-2019 | ||
| White, Curtis | Virginia | Loudoun | 1993 | 1994 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 31 | Black | Male | 1994 | 03-11-2013 | ||
| White, George | Alabama | Coffee | 1987 | 1992 | Murder | Life | 2 | 36 | White | Male | 1989 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| White, Joseph | Nebraska | Gage | 1989 | 2008 | Murder | Life | 19 | 22 | White | Male | 2008 | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Whitley, Drew | Pennsylvania | Allegheny | 1989 | 2006 | Murder | Life | 17 | 32 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilhite, Charles | Massachusetts | Hampden | 2010 | 2013 | Murder | Life without parole | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2013 | 02-04-2013 | |
| Wilkinson, Robert | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1976 | 1977 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 1 | 26 | White | Male | 1977 | |||
| Wilks, Calvin | Hinds | 1981 | 1984 | Murder | Life | 4 | 21 | Don't Know | Male | 1984 | ||||
| Williams, Bernard | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 21 | 17 | Black | Male | 2005 | 2019 | 10-02-2023 |
| Williams, Calvin | Louisiana | Orleans | 1977 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 15 | Black | Male | 1992 | 08-29-2011 | |||
| Williams, Christopher | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1992 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 29 | 29 | Black | Male | 2021 | 02-24-2021 | ||
| Williams, Clarence | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 2002 | 2020 | Murder | Life | 18 | 25 | Black | Male | 2004 | 2020 | 05-22-2020 | |
| Williams, Danial | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1999 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 11 | 25 | White | Male | 2005 | 2009 | 12-22-2016 | |
| Williams, Duane | Michigan | Wayne | 2013 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 11 | 42 | Black | Male | 2024 | 11-01-2024 | ||
| Williams, Dwayne | Louisiana | Orleans | 1995 | 2022 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 22 | Black | Male | 2022 | 11-21-2023 | ||
| Williams, George | Onslow | 1922 | 1928 | Murder | Death | 5 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||||
| Williams, Grant | New York | Richmond | 1997 | 2021 | Murder | Life | 22 | 25 | Black | Male | DK | 2019 | 08-18-2021 | |
| Williams, Hayes | Louisiana | Orleans | 1968 | 1997 | Murder | Life | 29 | 19 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Joe Sidney Jr. | Texas | McLennan | 1987 | 1993 | Murder | Life | 6 | 19 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Williams, Michael | Louisiana | Jefferson | 1997 | 2011 | Murder | Life | 14 | 31 | Black | Male | 2009 | 2011 | 06-18-2012 | |
| Williams, Randolph | New York | Kings | 2008 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 8 | 22 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2016 | 03-28-2016 |
| Williams, Terrance | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1985 | 2020 | Murder | Term of Years | 13 1/2 to 27 years | 1 | 17 | Black | Male | 1986 | 03-25-2020 | |
| Williamson, Jack | Florida | Broward | 1933 | 1942 | Murder | Death | 9 | 19 | Black | Male | 1942 | 02-11-2021 | ||
| Willis, Cedric | Mississippi | Hinds | 1997 | 2006 | Murder | Life | 9 | 19 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Willoughby, Troy | Wyoming | Sublette | 2010 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 2 | 20 | White | Male | 2012 | 04-18-2012 | ||
| Wilson, Andrew | California | Los Angeles | 1986 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 30 | 29 | Black | Male | 2017 | 04-03-2017 | ||
| Wilson, David | Florida | Miami-Dade | 1967 | 1971 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 4 | 23 | Black | Male | 1971 | ||
| Wilson, Harold C. | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1989 | 2005 | Murder | Death | 16 | 30 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Wilson, Horace | New Jersey | Mercer | 1948 | 1951 | Murder | Death | 3 | 37 | Black | Male | 1951 | |||
| Wilson, Jackie | Illinois | Cook | 1983 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 35 | 21 | Black | Male | 2018 | 2018 | 10-16-2020 | |
| Wilson, Johnny Lee | Missouri | Lawrence | 1987 | 1995 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 20 | White | Male | 1989 | 1995 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Wilson, William | Blount | 1915 | 1918 | Murder | Life | 3 | 38 | White | Male | 1918 | ||||
| Winfrey, Megan | Texas | San Jacinto | 2008 | 2013 | Murder | Life | 5 | 16 | White | Female | 2013 | 04-18-2013 | ||
| Winfrey, Richard Sr. | Texas | San Jacinto | 2007 | 2010 | Murder | Term of Years | 75 years | 3 | 49 | White | Male | 2010 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Winston, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 5 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2012 | 07-05-2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Woods, Cathy | Nevada | Washoe | 1980 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 34 | 26 | White | Female | 2014 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Woods, William | Fed-AR | (Western) | 1888 | 1889 | Murder | Death | 0 | 20 | White | Male | 1889 | |||
| Woodward, Walter | Florida | Broward | 1933 | 1942 | Murder | Death | 9 | 32 | Black | Male | 1942 | 02-11-2021 | ||
| Woodworth, Mark | Missouri | Livingston | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 19 | 16 | White | Male | 2014 | 07-23-2014 | |
| Woolfolk, Michael | Georgia | Fulton | 2004 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 17 | 23 | Black | Male | 2021 | 05-22-2021 | ||
| Wright, Anthony | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1993 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 20 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 08-26-2016 | |
| Wright, Cleveland | District of Columbia | 1979 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to Life | 27 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-03-2014 | ||
| Yelder, George | Alabama | Lowndes | 1928 | 1928 | Murder | Life | 0 | 55 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||
| Young, Dan Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2005 | Murder | Life without parole | 10 | 30 | Black | Male | 2005 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Young, Paul | Michigan | Wayne | 1987 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 32 | 17 | Black | Male | 2005 | 2019 | 01-24-2022 | |
| Zajicek, Herman | Illinois | Cook | 1907 | 1917 | Murder | Death | 9 | 39 | White | Male | 1917 | |||
| Zimmerman, Isidore | New York | New York | 1938 | 1962 | Murder | Death | 24 | 19 | White | Male | 1962 | 02-28-2019 |