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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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| Matthews, Brent | Fed-MD | 2011 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years and 10 months | 2 | 36 | Black | Male | 2013 | 06-06-2019 | ||
| Matthews, Ernest | North Carolina | Duplin | 1993 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 20 | Black | Male | 2007 | 2000 | 10-26-2016 |
| Maxson, Mark | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 31 | Black | Male | 2016 | 10-02-2016 | ||
| Maxwell, Bobby Joe | California | Los Angeles | 1984 | 2018 | Murder | Life without parole | 34 | 29 | Black | Male | 2018 | 08-16-2018 | ||
| Mayberry, David | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 35 | Black | Male | 2006 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Mayfield, Barry | Texas | Harris | 2009 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2009 | 09-04-2016 | ||
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years and 6 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-26-2020 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 2004 | 02-13-2022 | |
| Mays, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-10-2022 | |
| McCallum, David | New York | Kings | 1986 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 28 | 16 | Black | Male | 2014 | 10-16-2014 | |
| McCardle, Da Vontae | Texas | Harris | 2015 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 15 days | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2015 | 05-31-2016 | |
| McCarty, Desmond | Illinois | Cook | 2001 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-07-2024 | |
| McClain, Anthony | Ohio | Hamilton | 1995 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 to life | 11 | 35 | Black | Male | 2006 | 09-05-2013 | |
| McClendon, Myrickki | Arkansas | Pulaski | 2011 | 2018 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 25 years | 2 | 32 | Black | Male | 2013 | 12-13-2018 | |
| McCloud, Armond Jr. | New York | Queens | 1996 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to life | 27 | 20 | Black | Male | 2021 | 2023 | 09-12-2023 |
| McCollum, Claude | Michigan | Ingham | 2006 | 2007 | Murder | Life | 2 | 26 | Black | Male | 2007 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| McCollum, Henry | North Carolina | Robeson | 1984 | 2014 | Murder | Death | 30 | 19 | Black | Male | 2014 | 09-02-2014 | ||
| McCoy, Isaiah | Delaware | Kent | 2012 | 2017 | Murder | Death | 5 | 22 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2017 | 02-03-2017 | |
| McCoy, Sherman | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2016 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 3 | 20 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-22-2019 | ||
| McCoy, Troshawn | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 18 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 03-01-2017 | |
| McCray, Antron | New York | New York | 1990 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 10 years | 6 | 15 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| McCray, Brian | Virginia | Norfolk City | 1993 | 1994 | Murder | Term of Years | 43 years | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 1994 | 10-12-2011 | |
| McCray, Vincent | Texas | Swisher | 2000 | 2003 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 36 | Black | Male | 2001 | 06-01-2022 | |
| McCrimmon, Christopher | Arizona | Pima | 1993 | 1997 | Murder | Death | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| McDaniels, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2018 | Weapon Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 12 years | 7 | 40 | Black | Male | 2018 | 11-28-2018 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| McGhee, Curtis | Iowa | Pottawattamie | 1978 | 2011 | Murder | Life | 25 | 17 | Black | Male | 1991 | 2003 | 05-29-2013 | |
| McGinnis, Damian | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2023 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 7 months | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-09-2024 | |
| McInnis, Edward | North Carolina | Scotland | 1988 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | Life | 27 | 27 | Black | Male | 2015 | 08-15-2015 | ||
| McIntosh, Norman | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 13 | 23 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2016 | 10-26-2016 |
| McKelvey, Michael | Texas | Harris | 2009 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2009 | 07-15-2016 | |
| McKenzie, Gerald | Michigan | Wayne | 1984 | 2004 | Attempted Murder | Life | 19 | 24 | Black | Male | 2003 | 09-05-2014 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| McMillian, Walter | Alabama | Monroe | 1988 | 1993 | Murder | Death | 5 | 45 | Black | Male | 1991 | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | |
| 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 | |
| McPherson, Kenneth | Maryland | Baltimore City | 1995 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 24 | 20 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-07-2019 | ||
| 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 |
| Meyers, Terrence | Louisiana | Jefferson | 1993 | 2010 | Murder | Life without parole | 15 | 21 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Middlebrooks, Chad | Texas | Harris | 2016 | 2016 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2016 | 11-05-2016 | ||
| Mikes, Melvin | California | Los Angeles | 1985 | 1992 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to Life | 7 | 19 | Black | Male | 1992 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Miles, Richard | Texas | Dallas | 1995 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 14 | 19 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2009 | 05-19-2012 |
| Miller, Dion | New Jersey | Hudson | 2006 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 17 | 33 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-14-2023 | |
| Miller, Jesse Jr. | Florida | Palm Beach | 2009 | 2014 | Murder | Life | 5 | 17 | Black | Male | 2014 | 10-06-2014 | ||
| Miller, John | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1998 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 21 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2019 | 08-05-2019 | |
| 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 | ||
| Mills, Damian | North Carolina | Buncombe | 2001 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 12 years | 9 | 20 | Black | Male | 2010 | 10-11-2015 | |
| Minnitt, Andre | Arizona | Pima | 1993 | 2002 | Murder | Death | 0 | 21 | Black | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Miranda, Roberto | Nevada | Clark | 1982 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 14 | 38 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Mitchel, Albert | New York | Kings | 2007 | 2008 | Drug Possession or Sale | Not Sentenced | 0 | 42 | Black | Male | 2007 | 09-03-2013 | ||
| Mitchell, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | Term of Years | 31 years | 12 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 | |
| Mitchell, Charlie | Michigan | Wayne | 1989 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 10 to 15 years | 12 | 34 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-24-2014 | |
| Mitchell, DeQuentun | Texas | Harris | 2016 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 24 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-15-2024 | |
| Mitchell, Keith | District of Columbia | 1994 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 36 to life | 21 | 18 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2015 | 04-21-2015 | |
| Mitchell, Keith | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 15 | Black | Male | 1999 | 2008 | 06-11-2017 |
| Mitchell, Melvin | Texas | Harris | 2013 | 2024 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 4 | 50 | Black | Male | 2017 | 07-15-2024 | |
| Molette, Gregory | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 28 | Black | Male | 2007 | 04-27-2023 | |
| 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 | |
| Monson, Lamarr | Michigan | Wayne | 1997 | 2017 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 to 50 years | 20 | 23 | Black | Male | 2017 | 08-26-2017 | |
| 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, James | Lake | 1924 | 1949 | Sexual Assault | Life | 26 | 30 | Black | Male | 1949 | ||||
| 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, Olen | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
| 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, 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 | Texas | Galveston | 2014 | 2015 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 29 | Black | Male | 2015 | 01-20-2015 | |
| 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, Wayne | North Carolina | New Hanover | 1972 | 2012 | Assault | Term of Years | 29 years | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1975 | 1980 | 11-17-2016 |
| Morant, Stefon | Connecticut | New Haven | 1994 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 70 years | 21 | 21 | Black | Male | 1996 | 2015 | 11-15-2021 |
| Morgan, Jerome | Louisiana | Orleans | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 17 | Black | Male | 2011 | 2014 | 06-01-2016 | |
| 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 | |
| Morris, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 26 | Black | Male | 2007 | 03-02-2021 | |
| Morris, Jermaine | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 2004 | 05-10-2022 | |
| Morris, Oscar | California | Los Angeles | 1983 | 2000 | Murder | Death | 17 | 33 | Black | Male | 1997 | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Morris, Speciale | Connecticut | New Haven | 2018 | 2019 | Conspiracy | Not Sentenced | 1 | 24 | Black | Female | 2019 | 11-21-2019 | ||
| Moses, Larry | Louisiana | Orleans | 1995 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 28 | 39 | Black | Male | 2023 | 08-14-2023 | ||
| Moses, Pamela | Tennessee | Shelby | 2021 | 2022 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 6 years | 0 | 41 | Black | Female | 2022 | 04-29-2022 | |
| Moses, Sundhe | New York | Kings | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 24 1/3 to life | 17 | 19 | Black | Male | 2013 | 2013 | 02-23-2018 |
| Mosley, Shala | Oregon | Multnomah | 2004 | 2023 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Unknown | 0 | 26 | Black | Female | 2004 | 12-13-2023 | ||
| Mosley, Sheldon | Texas | Nueces | 1996 | 2013 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 60 years | 18 | 29 | Black | Male | 1998* | 2013 | 10-18-2013 |
| Moye, Terrence | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 33 | Black | Male | 2010 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Mozee, Stanley | Texas | Dallas | 2000 | 2019 | Murder | Life | 14 | 39 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2014 | 05-11-2019 |