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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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Alford, John | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 1975 | 1976 | Murder | Death | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 1976 | 07-13-2022 | ||
Anderson, Robert | Michigan | Kent | 1970 | 1973 | Theft | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | Black | Male | 1973 | 03-04-2021 | ||
Artis, John | New Jersey | Passaic | 1967 | 1988 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 years to life | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 1981 | 08-04-2020 | |
Banks, Jerry | Georgia | Henry | 1975 | 1980 | Murder | Death | 6 | 23 | Black | Male | 1980 | |||
Benton, John | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 1942 | 1943 | Assault | Term of Years | 15 years | 1 | 15 | Black | Male | 1943 | 04-01-2021 | |
Bess, Ben | South Carolina | Florence | 1915 | 1929 | Assault | Term of Years | 30 years | 14 | Black | Male | 1929 | |||
Biddings, Darrell | Fed-IL | 1975 | 1976 | Kidnapping | Not Sentenced | 1 | 21 | Black | Male | 1976 | ||||
Boyd, Payne | West Virginia | Mercer | 1925 | 1925 | Murder | Life | 1 | Black | Male | 1925 | ||||
Brooks, Riley | Anne Arundel | 1966 | 1973 | Murder | Life | 7 | 46 | Black | Male | 1973 | 02-16-2021 | |||
Broughton, William | Fed-GA | (Northern) | 1900 | 1900 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 5 years | 0 | Black | Male | 1900 | |||
Brown, Anthony Silah | Florida | Escambia | 1983 | 1986 | Murder | Death | 3 | 26 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
Brown, Bradford | Washington | 1975 | 1979 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 years to life | 4 | 27 | Black | Male | 1979 | |||
Brown, J.B. | Florida | Putnam | 1901 | 1913 | Murder | Death | 12 | Black | Male | 1913 | ||||
Brown, Joseph Shabaka Green | Florida | Hillsborough | 1974 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 13 | 24 | Black | Male | 1987 | |||
Brown, Willie | Florida | Union | 1983 | 1988 | Murder | Death | 5 | 31 | Black | Male | 1988 | |||
Burt, Lavale | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1986 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 19 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
Butler, Louise | Alabama | Lowndes | 1928 | 1928 | Murder | Life | 0 | Black | Female | 1928 | ||||
Calloway, Willie | Michigan | Wayne | 1945 | 1953 | Murder | Life | 8 | 18 | Black | Male | 1953 | |||
Carey, Anthony | North Carolina | Mecklenburg | 1973 | 1974 | Murder | Death | 1 | 20 | Black | Male | 1974 | 10-05-2021 | ||
Carter, Nathaniel | New York | Queens | 1982 | 1984 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years to life | 2 | 30 | Black | Male | 1984 | ||
Carter, Rubin | New Jersey | Passaic | 1967 | 1988 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years to life | 19 | 29 | Black | Male | 1986 | 08-04-2020 | |
Chambers, Leon | Mississippi | Wilkinson | 1970 | 1973 | Murder | Life | 2 | Black | Male | 1973 | ||||
Charles, Earl Patrick | Georgia | Chatham | 1975 | 1978 | Murder | Death | 3 | 21 | Black | Male | 1978 | |||
Clark, Charles Lee | Michigan | Wayne | 1938 | 1968 | Murder | Life | 30 | 39 | Black | Male | 1968 | |||
Coakley, Marion | New York | Bronx | 1985 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 2 | 28 | Black | Male | 1987 | ||
Cobb, Perry | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 7 | 37 | Black | Male | 1987 | |||
Cooks, Tony | California | Los Angeles | 1981 | 1986 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 years to life | 5 | 17 | Black | Male | 1986 | ||
Daniels, Charles | New York | Queens | 1979 | 1982 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 6 to 18 years | 3 | 34 | Black | Male | 1982 | ||
Davis, Charlie | Florida | Broward | 1933 | 1942 | Murder | Death | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 1942 | 02-11-2021 | ||
Dixon, James | Illinois | Cook | 1972 | 1974 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 to 60 years | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 1974 | 05-29-2020 | |
Dixon, James | Illinois | Cook | 1976 | 1976 | Assault | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 1976 | 05-29-2020 | |
Donaldson, Elwin | Wisconsin | Dane | 1982 | 1982 | Robbery | Not Sentenced | 0 | 27 | Black | Male | 1982 | 11-02-2022 | ||
Dove, Frank | Onslow | 1922 | 1928 | Murder | Death | 5 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||||
Dove, Fred | Onslow | 1922 | 1928 | Murder | Death | 5 | Black | Male | 1928 | |||||
Ellison, Ella Mae | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1974 | 1978 | Murder | Life | 4 | 27 | Black | Female | 1978 | |||
Estes, Cornell Avery | Maryland | Baltimore | 1979 | 1983 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 4 | 15 | Black | Male | 1983 | ||
Evans, Will | Pulaski | 1912 | 1932 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 99 years | 20 | Black | Male | 1932 | ||||
Forrest, McKinley | New Jersey | Mercer | 1948 | 1951 | Murder | Death | 3 | 35 | Black | Male | 1951 | |||
Fowler, Walter | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Term of Years | 99 years | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 1948 | ||
Frederick, Johnny | Florida | Leon | 1971 | 1973 | Murder | Life | 2 | 20 | Black | Male | 1973 | |||
Freeland, Elverton | New York | Erie | 1973 | 1977 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years to life | 4 | 40 | Black | Male | 1977 | 05-07-2020 | |
Fry, John | California | San Quentin | 1958 | 1959 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 1 to 10 years | 1 | 51 | Black | Male | 1959 | ||
Garrett, Sammie | Illinois | Cook | 1970 | 1976 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 to 40 years | 5 | 21 | Black | Male | 1975 | ||
Geter, Lenell | Texas | Dallas | 1982 | 1984 | Robbery | Life | 1 | 25 | Black | Male | 1983 | |||
Giles, James | Maryland | Montgomery | 1961 | 1967 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 20 | Black | Male | 1967 | |||
Giles, John | Maryland | Montgomery | 1961 | 1967 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 22 | Black | Male | 1967 | |||
Grace, Frank Parky | Massachusetts | Bristol | 1974 | 1988 | Murder | Life | 11 | 29 | Black | Male | 1985 | |||
Greason, Samuel | Pennsylvania | Berks | 1901 | 1905 | Murder | Death | 3 | 45 | Black | Male | 1905 | |||
Green, William | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 1947 | 1957 | Murder | Life | 10 | 35 | Black | Male | 1957 | |||
Hall, James | Iowa | Johnson | 1974 | 1984 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 11 | Black | Male | 1985 | |||
Harper, William | Virginia | Norfolk | 1931 | 1931 | Sexual Assault | Death | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 1931 | |||
Harris, L.D. | South Carolina | Aiken | 1947 | 1957 | Murder | Death | 3 | 25 | Black | Male | 1949 | |||
Hebert, Larry | Louisiana | East Baton Rouge Parish | 1987 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | Not Sentenced | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 1987 | 05-18-2020 | ||
Henry, Jim | Florida | Citrus | 1909 | 1911 | Assault | Term of Years | 5 years | 2 | Black | Male | 1911 | |||
Hicks, Larry | Indiana | Lake | 1978 | 1980 | Murder | Death | 2 | 19 | Black | Male | 1980 | |||
Holliday, Chester | California | San Diego | 1981 | 1984 | Murder | Term of Years | 3 years | 3 | 51 | Black | Male | 1984 | 02-28-2020 | |
Horn, Geither | Washington | Franklin | 1935 | 1959 | Murder | Life | 24 | 41 | Black | Male | 1959 | |||
Jackson, Shea | Missouri | Jackson | 1981 | 1982 | Murder | Life | 1 | 25 | Black | Male | 1982 | 05-26-2020 | ||
Jackson, William Bernard | Ohio | Franklin | 1978 | 1982 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 14 to 50 years | 5 | 24 | Black | Male | 1982 | ||
James, Tyrone | South Carolina | Florence | 1982 | 1982 | Murder | Life | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 1982 | |||
Johnson, Joseph | Anne Arundel | 1962 | 1968 | Sexual Assault | Death | 5 | Black | Male | 1968 | |||||
Johnson, Lawyer | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1972 | 1982 | Murder | Death | 10 | 20 | Black | Male | 1982 | |||
Jones, Harllel B. | Ohio | Cuyahoga | 1972 | 1978 | Murder | Term of Years | 1 to Life | 7 | 30 | Black | Male | 1978 | ||
Jordan, Theodore | Oregon | Klamath | 1932 | 1965 | Murder | Death | 33 | 27 | Black | Male | 1965 | 03-05-2021 | ||
Keaton, Dave Roby | Florida | Leon | 1971 | 1973 | Murder | Death | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 1973 | |||
Leaster, Bobby Joe | Massachusetts | Suffolk | 1971 | 1986 | Murder | Life | 16 | 21 | Black | Male | 1986 | |||
Lee, Wilbert | Florida | Gulf | 1963 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 12 | 28 | Black | Male | 1975 | |||
Lindsey, Lloyd | Illinois | Cook | 1975 | 1979 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 to 80 years | 4 | 17 | Black | Male | 1979 | ||
Lyons, Ernest | Nansemond County (now known as City of Suffolk) | 1909 | 1912 | Murder | Term of Years | 18 years | 3 | Black | Male | 1912 | ||||
Maynard, William A. | New York | New York | 1970 | 1974 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 10 to 20 years | 3 | 33 | Black | Male | 1974 | ||
McElwrath, John | Tennessee | Weakley | 1903 | 1915 | Murder | Death | 12 | Black | Male | 1915 | ||||
McKenzie, John | New Jersey | Mercer | 1948 | 1951 | Murder | Death | 3 | 24 | Black | Male | 1951 | |||
Merritt, George | New Jersey | Union | 1968 | 1980 | Murder | Life | 11 | 24 | Black | Male | 1980 | |||
Montgomery, James | Lake | 1924 | 1949 | Sexual Assault | Life | 26 | 30 | Black | Male | 1949 | ||||
Montgomery, Olen | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 17 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
Mosley, Howard | Texas | Galveston | 1982 | 1982 | Attempted Murder | Life | 0 | 25 | Black | Male | 1982 | 01-06-2021 | ||
Napue, Henry | Illinois | Cook | 1940 | 1960 | Murder | Term of Years | 199 years | 20 | 23 | Black | Male | 1960 | ||
Nelson, Melvin | Indiana | Lake | 1975 | 1978 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Life | 3 | 33 | Black | Male | 1978 | 04-14-2021 | ||
Norris, Clarence | Jackson | 1931 | 1976 | Sexual Assault | Death | 13 | 19 | Black | Male | 1944 | ||||
O'Neil, Leonard | Ohio | Portage | 1971 | 1975 | Robbery | Term of Years | 10 to 25 years | 3 | 19 | Black | Male | 1975 | 02-28-2019 | |
Oscar, Edward | Missouri | Jackson | 1948 | 1953 | Child Sex Abuse | Term of Years | 99 years | 5 | 60 | Black | Male | 1953 | ||
Owens, Aaron | California | Alameda | 1973 | 1981 | Murder | Life | 8 | 29 | Black | Male | 1981 | |||
Peek, Anthony Ray | Florida | Polk | 1978 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 9 | 19 | Black | Male | 1987 | |||
Peterson, Winfred J. | South Carolina | Florence | 1982 | 1982 | Murder | Life | 0 | 24 | Black | Male | 1982 | |||
Phillips, Richard | Virginia | City of Hampton | 1900 | 1930 | Murder | Death | 31 | Black | Male | 1930 | ||||
Pitts, Freddie | Florida | Gulf | 1963 | 1975 | Murder | Death | 12 | 19 | Black | Male | 1975 | |||
Powell, Ozie | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 16 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
Pugh, Earl Howard | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Life | 16 | 19 | Black | Male | 1953 | |||
Randle, Raymond Jr. | California | San Francisco | 1980 | 1982 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 3 years | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1980 | 06-30-2020 | |
Reed, Gregory | New York | New York | 1979 | 1988 | Murder | Term of Years | 15 to life | 6 | 22 | Black | Male | 1985 | 07-31-2021 | |
Roberson, Willie | Jackson | 1931 | 1937 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 16 | Black | Male | 1937 | ||||
Robinson, Van Bering | New Mexico | Bernalillo | 1981 | 1983 | Murder | Life | 2 | 22 | Black | Male | 1983 | |||
Rogers, Silas | City of Petersburg | 1943 | 1952 | Murder | Death | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 1952 | ||||
Ross, Johnny | Orleans Parish | 1975 | 1981 | Sexual Assault | Death | 6 | 16 | Black | Male | 1981 | ||||
Scott, Lindsey | Fed-Military | Quantico, Virginia | 1983 | 1988 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 4 | 27 | Black | Male | 1987 | ||
Seaton, Terry | New Mexico | Eddy | 1973 | 1980 | Murder | Life | 6 | 21 | Black | Male | 1979 | |||
Shaw, Johnnie Lee | Michigan | Wayne | 1960 | 1961 | Robbery | Term of Years | 5 to 15 years | 1 | 23 | Black | Male | 1961 | ||
Sherman, David | Tennessee | McMinn | 1907 | 1911 | Murder | Death | 3 | Black | Male | 1911 | ||||
Smith, Devon | New York | Westchester | 1983 | 1987 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 16.7 to 50 years | 3 | 18 | Black | Male | 1987 | 08-07-2020 | |
Staten, Cleo | Alabama | Marshall | 1920 | 1927 | Murder | Life | 6 | Black | Male | 1927 |