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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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| Pursley, Patrick | Illinois | Winnebago | 1994 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 23 | 28 | Black | Male | 2016 | 2017 | 02-04-2019 | |
| Quiambao-Holland, Camaran | Illinois | DuPage | 2009 | 2013 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2009 | 06-14-2016 | ||
| Rainey, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 27 | Black | Male | 2003 | 12-06-2018 | ||
| Rainge, Willie | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 18 | 20 | Black | Male | 1994 | 1996 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Randolph, James | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | 30 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-15-2022 | |
| Rea, Julie | Illinois | Lawrence | 2002 | 2006 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 2 | 28 | White | Female | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Reed, Carl | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 27 years | 14 | 41 | Black | Male | 2020 | 06-15-2023 | |
| Reed, Gerald | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2024 | Murder | Life without parole | 27 | 26 | Black | Male | 2021 | 06-03-2024 | ||
| Reeves, Marvin | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2009 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 29 | Black | Male | 2002 | 2009 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Relerford, Walter | Illinois | Cook | 2013 | 2018 | Stalking | Term of Years | 6 years | 3 | 28 | Black | Male | 2016 | 03-18-2019 | |
| Reyes, Andrew | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2010 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 12 years | 1 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 1993 | 06-02-2020 | |
| Reyna, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 13 | 15 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 2007 | 11-14-2023 |
| Reynolds, Donald | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 1997 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 69 years | 10 | 20 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Richardson, Dietrich | Illinois | Peoria | 2011 | 2016 | Robbery | Term of Years | 30 years | 3 | 22 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-08-2017 | |
| Richardson, Harold | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 14 | 16 | Black | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2012 | |
| Rios, Jaime | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 36 years | 17 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2020 | 2008 | 09-06-2022 |
| Rivera, Gamalier | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 22 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 09-06-2022 | |
| Rivera, Jacques | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 21 | 23 | Hispanic | Male | 1998 | 2011 | 10-12-2011 |
| Rivera, Juan | Illinois | Lake | 1993 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 18 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 02-07-2012 | ||
| Roberson, Willie | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 1 | 40 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-06-2021 | ||
| Roberts, Clifford | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 18 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-02-2021 | |
| Robinson, Allen | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 11 | 21 | Black | Male | 2014 | 2022 | 06-14-2023 |
| Robinson, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 9 | 20 | Black | Male | 2024 | 04-22-2024 | |
| Robinson, Calvin | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 2 years | 1 | 51 | Black | Male | 2008 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Robinson, Louis | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2023 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 26 | 28 | Black | Male | 2022 | 2023 | 08-25-2023 |
| Rocquemore, Sharron | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2021 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 29 | Black | Female | 2017 | 09-20-2021 | ||
| Rodriguez, Angel | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2000 | Murder | Term of Years | 60 years | 2 | 33 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Rodriguez, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1993 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 15 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2008 | 05-10-2022 | |
| Rodriguez, Juan | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Hispanic | Male | 2005 | 03-13-2020 | ||
| Rodriguez, Ricardo | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 21 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 1997 | 2018 | 04-04-2018 |
| Rollins, Lafonso | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2004 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 75 years | 10 | 17 | Black | Male | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Romero, Francisco | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 65 years | 18 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 07-15-2024 | |
| Rosario, Adolfo | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 57 years | 28 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 03-12-2024 | |
| Ross, Anthony | Illinois | Winnebago | 2004 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 years | 9 | 21 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 11-13-2015 |
| Sabin, Theodore | Illinois | Winnebago | 1957 | 1957 | Robbery | Unknown | 0 | 24 | Don't Know | Male | 1957 | 04-27-2021 | ||
| Safforld, Victor | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2010 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 13 | 19 | Black | Male | 2005 | 02-11-2020 | |
| Salcedo, Claudia | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2007 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 21 | Hispanic | Female | 2005 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Salcedo, Gloria | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2007 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 46 | Hispanic | Female | 2005 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Salcedo, Teresa | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2007 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 17 | Hispanic | Female | 2005 | 03-09-2015 | ||
| Samanta, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2024 | Murder | Term of Years | 25 years | 17 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 07-15-2024 | |
| Sanchez, Isauro | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1991 | Murder | Life without parole | 8 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Sanchez, Jesus | Illinois | Cook | 2014 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 45 years | 3 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2018 | 06-06-2018 | |
| Sanders, Jamell | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-06-2018 | ||
| Sanders, Rodell | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 20 | 28 | Black | Male | 2008 | 2014 | 07-29-2014 |
| Santiago, Fabian | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2022 | Murder | Term of Years | 90 years | 25 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 10-22-2023 | |
| Santos, Edar Duarte | Illinois | Cook | 2002 | 2003 | Murder | Term of Years | 12 years | 0 | 26 | Hispanic | Male | 2002 | 2002 | 08-29-2011 |
| Saunders, Frank | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 25 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-07-2018 | |
| Saunders, Leonard | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 38 | Black | Male | 2006 | 02-12-2022 | |
| Saunders, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 14 | 15 | Black | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2012 | |
| Saunders, Omar | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 14 | 18 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2001 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Savory, Johnnie | Illinois | Peoria | 1977 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 50 to 100 years | 29 | 14 | Black | Male | 1983 | 2006 | 02-02-2015 |
| Scales, Richard | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 19 | Black | Male | 2005 | 05-18-2022 | |
| Scott, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 23 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-03-2018 | ||
| Seats, Devin | Illinois | Cook | 2009 | 2022 | Other Nonviolent Felony | Term of Years | 2 years | 0 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-12-2022 | |
| Serrano, Armando | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2016 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 22 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1999 | 2016 | 07-23-2016 |
| Shakirov, Mansur | Illinois | McLean | 2014 | 2018 | Manslaughter | Term of Years | 4 years | 2 | 28 | White | Male | 2015 | 06-05-2018 | |
| Shannon, Mason | Illinois | LaSalle | 2018 | 2024 | Manslaughter | Not Sentenced | 0 | 42 | White | Male | 2018 | 07-15-2024 | ||
| Shannon, Rasaan | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 months | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2006 | 03-13-2022 | |
| Sharp, Shainne | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 8 | 16 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2002 | 01-23-2012 |
| Shaw, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2012 | 2018 | Robbery | Term of Years | 6 years | 2 | 29 | Black | Male | 2015 | 04-24-2019 | |
| Shelton, Stephen | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 1 | 33 | Black | Male | 2008 | 05-24-2022 | |
| Shenault, Angelo Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 18 | Black | Male | 2007 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Shenault, Angelo Jr. | Illinois | Cook | 2008 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years and 6 months | 2 | 20 | Black | Male | 2009 | 12-03-2018 | |
| Shenault, Angelo Sr. | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2018 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years and 3 months | 1 | 41 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-09-2018 | |
| Sierra, Thomas | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | Term of Years | 55 years | 21 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 01-16-2018 | |
| Simon, Alstory | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2014 | Murder | Term of Years | 37 years | 15 | 32 | Black | Male | 2005 | 2014 | 10-31-2014 |
| Sims, Germin | Illinois | Cook | 2010 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 29 | Black | Male | 2011 | 02-22-2019 | |
| Sims, Oliver | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 6 months | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2004 | 03-08-2022 | |
| Slaughter, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 1 year | 0 | 42 | Black | Male | 2011 | 10-11-2022 | |
| Smith, Adam | Illinois | Macon | 2016 | 2020 | Threats | Term of Years | 10 years | 4 | 32 | White | Male | 2019 | 12-17-2021 | |
| Smith, Alonzo | Illinois | Cook | 1984 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 40 years | 18 | 35 | Black | Male | 2002 | 03-21-2017 | |
| Smith, Kenneth | Illinois | McHenry | 2003 | 2021 | Murder | Term of Years | 67 years | 18 | 25 | White | Male | 2021 | 08-19-2021 | |
| Smith, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2020 | Murder | Life without parole | 30 | 38 | Black | Male | 2020 | 11-05-2020 | ||
| Smith, Steven | Illinois | Cook | 1986 | 1999 | Murder | Death | 13 | 37 | Black | Male | 1999 | 09-03-2012 | ||
| Smith, Taurus | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 0 | 17 | Black | Male | 2004 | 12-07-2018 | ||
| Smith, Tyree | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2022 | Drug Possession or Sale | Probation | 1 | 17 | Black | Male | 2008 | 05-24-2022 | ||
| Smith, Tyrone | Illinois | Cook | 2020 | 2024 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 4 | 24 | Black | Male | 2024 | 01-17-2024 | ||
| Solache, Gabriel | Illinois | Cook | 2000 | 2017 | Murder | Death | 18 | 23 | Hispanic | Male | 2017 | 01-03-2018 | ||
| Sopron, Matthew | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2018 | Murder | Life without parole | 21 | 22 | White | Male | 2000 | 2018 | 12-31-2018 | |
| Soto, James | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2023 | Murder | Life without parole | 41 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 1991 | 2023 | 12-21-2023 | |
| Soto, Oscar | Illinois | Cook | 1999 | 2024 | Attempted Murder | Term of Years | 6 years | 1 | 25 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 09-15-2024 | |
| Spates, Jamie | Illinois | Winnebago | 2018 | 2021 | Murder | Not Sentenced | 0 | 41 | Black | Male | 2018 | 09-08-2021 | ||
| Starks, Bennie | Illinois | Lake | 1986 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | Term of Years | 60 years | 20 | 26 | Black | Male | 2006 | 01-07-2013 | |
| Steidl, Gordon | Illinois | Edgar | 1987 | 2004 | Murder | Death | 17 | 35 | White | Male | 1988 | 2004 | 08-29-2011 | |
| Stokes, Alhummza | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2020 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 3 years | 1 | 21 | Black | Male | 2007 | 04-13-2020 | |
| Stokes, Jabal | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 22 | Black | Male | 2007 | 02-21-2019 | |
| Strong, Jason | Illinois | Lake | 2000 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 46 years | 15 | 24 | White | Male | 2010 | 2015 | 05-30-2015 |
| Styles, Larod | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 19 | 16 | Black | Male | 2016 | 03-01-2017 | ||
| Sullivan, Melvin | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1987 | Murder | Term of Years | 20 years | 7 | 27 | White | Male | 1987 | 12-07-2020 | |
| Sullivan, Percy | Fed-IN | (Southern) | 1896 | 1898 | Forgery | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | Don't Know | Male | 1898 | |||
| Swift, Terrill | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 36 years | 14 | 17 | Black | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2012 | |
| Synon, Michael J. | Illinois | Cook | 1900 | 1901 | Murder | Death | 1 | 55 | White | Male | 1901 | |||
| Taylor, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2013 | Murder | Life without parole | 18 | 17 | Black | Male | 2001 | 2013 | 06-28-2013 | |
| Taylor, Lavell | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2015 | Murder | Term of Years | 35 years | 15 | 19 | Black | Male | 2015 | 2013 | 12-17-2021 |
| Taylor, Patrick | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2023 | Murder | Life | 12 | 37 | Black | Male | DK | 2023 | 10-30-2023 | |
| Taylor, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2011 | Murder | Term of Years | 80 years | 14 | 14 | Black | Male | 2010 | 2011 | 01-15-2012 |
| Terry, Paul | Illinois | Cook | 1977 | 2003 | Murder | Life | 26 | 17 | Black | Male | 2003 | 08-29-2011 | ||
| Thames, Vincent | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2012 | Murder | Term of Years | 30 years | 13 | 17 | Black | Male | 2011 | 01-27-2012 | |
| Thomas, Henry | Illinois | Cook | 2003 | 2017 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 3 | 22 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-07-2018 | |
| Thomas, Henry | Illinois | Cook | 2007 | 2019 | Drug Possession or Sale | Term of Years | 4 years | 1 | 26 | Black | Male | 2008 | 02-22-2019 |