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List of exonerated death row inmates#United States

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This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row but later found to be wrongly convicted. Many of these exonerees' sentences were overturned by acquittal or pardon, but some of those listed were exonerated posthumously.[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-list-those-freed-death-row?scid=6&did=110 "Innocence: List of Those Freed from Death Row"]. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014. The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction.

This list does not include:

  1. Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950.
  2. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
  3. People who were threatened with death and never jailed.
  4. People who were jailed by extralegal groups or courts, for example, as often occurs in cases of sentences of stoning.

Canada

  • Steven Truscott was convicted of a schoolmate's murder in 1959 and sentenced at age 14 to death by hanging. His sentence was commuted to life in prison four months later, and he was paroled in 1969. His conviction was overturned in 2007 for "miscarriage of justice."{{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-s-wrongful-convictions-1.783998 | title = Canada's wrongful convictions | publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Company | date = 6 August 2009}} In July 2008, the Ontario government announced it would pay Truscott $6.5 million in compensation for his ordeal.

India

Six men Ankush Maruti Shinde, Rajya Appa Shinde, Ambadas Laxman Shinde, Raju Mhasu Shinde, Bapu Appa Shinde and Suresh Shinde were convicted and sentenced to death penalty in 2009 on charges of rape and murder. On 6 March 2019, the Supreme Court of India acquitted all the six death-row convicts and proclaimed them innocent.{{Cite web |title=Supreme Court Acquits Six People on Death Row Who Spent 16 Years in Jail |url=https://thewire.in/law/supreme-court-acquits-six-people-on-death-row-who-spent-16-years-in-jail |date=6 Mar 2019 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The Wire}}{{Cite news |date=2019-03-06 |title=6 awarded death by SC in 2009, acquitted in 2019 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/6-awarded-death-by-sc-in-2009-acquitted-in-2019/articleshow/68278205.cms |first1=Dhananjay |last1=Mahapatra |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201111024/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/6-awarded-death-by-sc-in-2009-acquitted-in-2019/articleshow/68278205.cms?from=mdr |archive-date= 2024-02-01 }}

In March 2023, the Supreme Court of India freed Niranaram Chetanram Chaudhary after he spent 28 years, six months and 23 days in custody, and was freed from Nagpur jail. At the time of conviction, Chaudhary was 12 years and six months. As per Indian laws, death sentence or any sentence more than three years cannot be awarded to a juvenile.{{Cite news |date=2023-04-12 |title=Rajasthan: An error that sent Indian teen to death row for 25 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65227790 |website=BBC |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en-GB}}

Japan

1983

  • Sakae Menda was forced to confess to the murders of a Buddhist priest and his wife in 1948 and was convicted on two counts of murder and robbery in 1949. In a 1983 retrial, he was found not guilty of all charges. He died in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Hernon|first=Matthew|title=The Life of Sakae Menda, the Man who Spent 34 Years in Prison for Crime He Didn't Commit|date=11 December 2020 |url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2020/12/the-life-of-sakae-menda-the-man-who-spent-34-years-in-prison-for-crime-he-didnt-commit/ |website=Tokyo Weekender |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527222033/https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2020/12/the-life-of-sakae-menda-the-man-who-spent-34-years-in-prison-for-crime-he-didnt-commit/ |archive-date= 2022-05-27}}McNeill, David; Mason, C.M. (August 4, 2007). [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/04/08/to-be-sorted/one-who-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale/ "One who has lived to tell the tale"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231132702/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/04/08/to-be-sorted/one-who-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale/ |date=2019-12-31 }}. The Japan Times.

1989

  • Masao Akahori was convicted in 1954 at the age of 24 of raping and murdering a schoolgirl. In 1989, he became the fourth death row inmate in Japan to be released.Furukawa, Yukina (January 19, 2019) [https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190119/p2a/00m/0na/024000c "Former death row inmate expresses concerns about ex-boxer's retrial"] Mainichi Shimbun.Hirano, Keiji (November 6, 2014) [https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/06/national/crime-legal/freed-death-row-prisoner-brings-new-life-to-group-fighting-capital-punishment/ "Freed death row prisoner brings new life to group fighting capital punishment"]. The Japan Times.

2024

  • Iwao Hakamada was acquitted in a retrial by the Shizuoka District Court.{{cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240926_12/|title=Hakamada ruled not guilty|website=NHK WORLD-JAPAN|date=26 September 2024|access-date=25 September 2024}}

Taiwan

2012

  • Su Chien-ho (蘇建和), Liu Bing-lang (劉秉郎) and Chuang Lin-hsun (莊林勳) were sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of Wu Ming-han and his wife Yeh Ying-lan in Xizhi District, Taipei County, Taiwan. They were acquitted in 2012.{{cite news|title=Hsichih Trio acquitted as 20-year murder case finally closed|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120831000133&cid=1103|publisher=Want Chinese Times|date=31 August 2012}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

2016

  • Cheng Hsing-tse (鄭性澤) was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of a police officer in Fengyuan, Taichung, Taiwan. He was acquitted in May 2016.{{cite news|title=Cheng Hsing-tse freed from death row|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/05/04/2003645449|publisher=Taipei Times|date=4 May 2016}}

United Kingdom

1966

  • Timothy Evans, convicted of the murder of his infant daughter Geraldine in 1950, was hanged on March 9, 1950, and posthumously pardoned in 1966.{{cite BAILII | litigants = Mary Westlake v Criminal Cases Review Commission | court = EWHC | division = Admin | year = 2004 | num = 2779 | date = 17 November 2004 | courtname = auto | access-date = 22 September 2009 }}. It includes a segment from the Hansard transcript of Jenkins's decision to recommend a pardon in the House of Commons.{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4015283.stm|title= Hanged man's pardon 'inadequate'|date= 16 November 2004|work= BBC News|publisher= British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=6 September 2010}}{{Cite web|last=Shakespeare|first=Andrew-Paul|date=2019-01-23|title=Timothy Evans: An Innocent Man Hanged for Murder he did not Commit|url=https://medium.com/@andrewpaulshakespeare/timothy-evans-an-innocent-man-hanged-for-murder-he-did-not-commit-8418b336dba4|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Medium|language=en}}

1969

  • Death penalty for murder abolished.[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1969/dec/16/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty#S5CV0793P0_19691216_HOC_518 "MURDER (ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY)"]. Hansard, 16 December 1969.[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1969/dec/18/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty-act#S5LV0306P0_19691218_HOL_47 "MURDER (ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY) ACT 1965"]. Hansard, 18 December 1969.

1973

  • Despite abolition in the rest of the UK, separate legal systems meant that death sentences stood in Northern Ireland (and the Isle of Man and Channel Islands, which are outside the UK) but with no likelihood of execution. A Provisional Irish Republican Army member was sentenced to death for murder before abolition was extended across the UK. European Union human-rights protocols signed in 1999 abolished the death penalty in EU nations, but the UK is no longer an EU member.(10 October 2016) [http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-06-369_en.htm International Day against Death penalty] European Commission, Memo 06/390, Press release, Retrieved 22 March 2015

1998

  • Mahmood Hussein Mattan, convicted and hanged 1952, conviction quashed 1998.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3204667.stm | title=Open verdict on hanged man's son |publisher=BBC News| date=22 October 2003 }}
  • Derek Bentley, convicted 1952, executed 1953, pardoned 1993, conviction quashed 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/1998/2516.html |title=Court of Appeal judgment [1998] EWCA Crim 2516 (30 July 1998) |publisher=Bailii.org |access-date=2017-06-28}}

United States

As of February 2, 2024, the Innocence Database maintained by the Death Penalty Information Center shows 196 exonerations of prisoners on death row in the United States since 1973.{{Cite web|url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence-database|title = Innocence Database}}

=1820s=

1820

  • Jesse Boorn, Vermont. Convicted 1819.{{Cite web|title=Jesse Boorn|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=25}}
  • Stephen Boorn, Vermont. Convicted 1819.{{Cite web|title=Stephen Boorn|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=24}}

=1850s=

1851

  • Thomas Berdue, California. Convicted 1851.{{Cite web|title=Thomas Berdue|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=15}}

=1880s=

1889

  • William Woods, Arkansas. Convicted 1888.{{Cite web|title=William Woods|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=369}}

=1890s=

1895

  • Michael Sabol, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1891.{{Cite web|title=Michael Sabol|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=287}}

1897

  • George Rusnak, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1891.{{Cite web|title=George Rusnak|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=285}}
  • William Jackson Marion, Nebraska. Convicted 1887.{{Cite web|title=William Jackson Marion|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=212}}

1898

  • Will Purvis, Mississippi. Convicted 1893.{{Cite web|title=Will Purvis|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=264}}

=1900s=

1901

  • Michael J. Synon, Illinois. Convicted 1900.{{Cite web|title=Michael J. Synon|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=319}}

1902

  • Henry Miller, Arkansas. Convicted 1888.{{Cite web|title=Henry Miller|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=230}}

1905

  • Samuel Greason, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1901.{{Cite web|title=Samuel Greason|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=122}}

=1910s=

1911

  • David Sherman, Tennessee. Convicted 1907.{{Cite web|title=David Sherman|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=301}}
  • Andrew Toth, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1891.{{Cite web|title=Andrew Toth|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=334}}
  • Stearns Kendall Abbott, Massachusetts. Convicted 1880.{{Cite web|title=Stearns Kendall Abbott|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=1}}

1913

  • J.B. Brown, Florida. Convicted 1901.{{Cite web|title=J.B. Brown|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=35}}

1915

  • John McElwrath, Tennessee. Convicted 1903.{{Cite web|title=John McElwrath|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=219}}

1917

  • Herman Zajicek, Illinois. Convicted 1907.{{Cite web|title=Herman Zajicek|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=371}}

1918

  • Charles Stielow, New York. Convicted 1915.{{Cite web|title=Charles Stielow|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=312}}

=1920s=

1920

  • Frank Jordano, Louisiana. Convicted 1919.{{Cite web|title=Frank Jordano|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=407}}
  • John Pender, Oregon. Convicted 1913.{{Cite web|title=John Pender|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=246}}

1928

  • George Williams, North Carolina. Convicted 1922.{{Cite web|title=George Williams|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=362}}
  • Fred Dove, North Carolina. Convicted 1922.{{Cite web|title=Fred Dove|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=81}}
  • Frank Dove, North Carolina. Convicted 1922.{{Cite web|title=Frank Dove|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=80}}

1929

  • Joseph Weaver, Ohio. Convicted 1927.{{Cite web|title=Joseph Weaver|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=356}}

=1930s=

1930

  • Gangi Cero, Massachusetts. Convicted 1927.{{Cite web|title=Gangi Cero|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=50}}
  • Richard Phillips, Virginia. Convicted 1900.{{Cite web|title=Richard Phillips|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=251}}

1931

  • William Harper, Virginia. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=William Harper|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=137}}

1933

  • Harry Cashin, New York. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=Harry Cashin|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=49}}
  • Edward Larkman, New York. Convicted 1926.{{Cite web|title=Edward Larkman|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=187}}

1936

  • Gus Langley, North Carolina. Convicted 1932.{{Cite web|title=Gus Langley|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=185}}

1937

  • Eugene Williams, Alabama. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=Eugene Williams|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=361}}
  • Willie Roberson, Alabama. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=Willie Roberson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=275}}
  • Ozie Powell, Alabama. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=Ozie Powell|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=257}}
  • Olen Montgomery, Alabama. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=Olen Montgomery|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=233}}

1938

  • Ayliff Draper, Arkansas. Convicted 1935.{{Cite web|title=Ayliff Draper|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=82}}
  • Tom Jones, Kentucky. Convicted 1935.{{Cite web|title=Tom Jones|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=167}}

1939

  • Thomas J. Mooney, California. Convicted 1917.{{Cite web|title=Thomas J. Mooney|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=234}}

=1940s=

1940

  • George Bilger, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1938.{{Cite web|title=George Bilger|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=446}}

1942

  • Walter Woodward, Florida. Convicted 1933.{{Cite web|title=Walter Woodward|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=423}}
  • Jack Williamson, Florida. Convicted 1933.{{Cite web|title=Jack Williamson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=425}}
  • Charlie Davis, Florida. Convicted 1933.{{Cite web|title=Charlie Davis|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=424}}

1943

  • William Wellmon, North Carolina. Convicted 1942.{{Cite web|title=William Wellmon|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=357}}

1945

  • Charles Bernstein, DC. Convicted 1933.{{Cite web|title=Charles Bernstein|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=16}}

1946

  • Sidney Rudish, New York. Convicted 1943.{{Cite web|title=Sidney Rudish|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=283}}
  • Morris Malinski, New York. Convicted 1943. {{Cite web|title=Morris Malinski|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=208}}

1948

  • Lemuel Parrott, North Carolina. Convicted 1947.{{Cite web|title=Lemuel Parrott|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=243}}

1949

  • Clyde Beale, West Virginia. Convicted 1926.{{Cite web|title=Clyde Beale|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=11}}

=1950s=

1951

  • Horace Wilson, New Jersey. Convicted 1948.{{Cite web|title=Horace Wilson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=366}}
  • James Thorpe, New Jersey. Convicted 1948.{{Cite web|title=James Thorpe|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=325}}
  • John McKenzie, New Jersey. Convicted 1948.{{Cite web|title=John McKenzie|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=220}}
  • McKinley Forrest, New Jersey. Convicted 1948.{{Cite web|title=McKinley Forrest|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=102}}

1952

  • Silas Rogers, Virginia. Convicted 1943.{{Cite web|title=Silas Rogers|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=279}}

1953

  • George Lettrich, Illinois. Convicted 1951.{{Cite web|title=George Lettrich|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=195}}

1956

  • Camilo Leyra, New York. Convicted 1950.{{Cite web|title=Camilo Leyra|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=196}}

1957

  • L.D. Harris, South Carolina. Convicted 1947.{{Cite web|title=L.D. Harris|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=139}}
  • Aaron Turner, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1946.{{Cite web|title=Aaron Turner|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=388}}

1958

  • Harry Dale Bundy, Ohio. Convicted 1957.{{Cite web|title=Harry Dale Bundy|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=38}}
  • James Fulton Foster, Georgia. Convicted 1956.{{Cite web|title=James Fulton Foster|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=104}}

=1960s=

1961

  • Warren Billings, California. Convicted 1916.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Dolores |title=Warren K. Billings |url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=20 |access-date=1 May 2024 |work=National Registry of Exonerations Pre 1989 |publisher=University of Michigan Law School}}

1962

  • Robert Lee Kidd, California. Convicted 1960.{{Cite web|title=Robert Lee Kidd|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=177}}
  • Isidore Zimmerman, New York. Convicted 1938.{{Cite web|title=Isidore Zimmerman|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=380}}{{cite news |last1=Rubiner |first1=Betsy |title=Back from the almost-dead: Izzy Zimmerman and the electric chair |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-10-26_11_43/page/n17/mode/1up |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=26 October 1982}}

1965

  • Theodore Jordan, Oregon. Convicted 1932.{{Cite web|title=Theodore Jordan|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=428}}

1966

  • Robert Ballard Bailey, West Virginia. Convicted 1950.{{Cite web|title=Robert Ballard Bailey|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=7}}

1967

  • James Giles, Maryland. Convicted 1961.{{Cite web|title=James Giles|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=115}}
  • John Giles, Maryland. Convicted 1961.{{Cite web|title=John Giles|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=116}}

1968

  • Joseph Johnson, Maryland. Convicted 1962.{{Cite web|title=Joseph Johnson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=165}}

1969

  • Paul Kern Imbler, California. Convicted 1961.{{Cite web|title=Paul Kern Imbler|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=156}}

=1970s=

1971

  • Lloyd Eldon Miller, Illinois. Convicted 1956.{{Cite web|title=Lloyd Eldon Miller|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=231}}

1973

  • Dave Roby Keaton, Florida. Convicted 1971.{{Cite web|title=Dave Roby Keaton|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=173}}

1974

  • Anthony Carey, North Carolina. Convicted 1973.{{Cite web|title=Anthony Carey|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=445}}

1975

  • Freddie Pitts and Wilbur Lee, Florida. Convicted 1963 {{Cite web|last=sanderson04|date=2016-01-22|title=Freddie Lee Pitts (1937-2020)|url=https://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/single-post/2020/09/09/freddie-lee-pitts-1937-2020|access-date=2022-02-15|website=witnesstoinnocence|language=en}}
  • Clarence Smith, Jr., New Mexico. Convicted 1974.{{Cite web|title=Clarence Smith, Jr.|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=306}}
  • Ronald Keine, New Mexico. Convicted 1974.{{Cite web|title=Ronald Keine|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=174}}
  • Richard Greer, New Mexico. Convicted 1974.{{Cite web|title=Richard Greer|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=126}}
  • Thomas Gladish, New Mexico. Convicted 1974.{{Cite web|title=Thomas Gladish|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=118}}
  • Christopher Spicer, North Carolina. Convicted 1973.{{Cite web|title=Christopher Spicer|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=308}}
  • James Creamer, Georgia. Convicted 1973.{{Cite web|title=James Creamer|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=70}}

1976

  • Clarence Norris, Alabama. Convicted 1931.{{Cite web|title=Clarence Norris|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=238}}

1977

  • Delbert Tibbs, Florida. Convicted in 1974.{{cite web|author=Tibbs, Delbert Lee|date=2001|title=Studs Terkel: Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Center on Wrongful Convictions|url=http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/fl/delbert-lee-tibbs-studs-terkel-excerpt.html|access-date=2014-03-13|publisher=Northwestern University School of Law}}{{Cite web|title=Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/fl/delbert-lee-tibbs.html|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.law.northwestern.edu|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Delbert Tibbs|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=328}}

1978

  • Earl Patrick Charles, Georgia. Convicted 1975.{{Cite web|title=Earl Patrick Charles|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=54}}
  • Gary Radi, Montana. Convicted 1975.{{Cite web|title=Gary Radi|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=421}}

1979

  • Gary Beeman, Ohio. Convicted 1976.{{Cite web|title=Gary Beeman|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=12}}

=1980s=

1980

  • Jerry Banks, Georgia. Convicted 1975.{{Cite web|title=Jerry Banks|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=8}}
  • Larry Hicks, Indiana. Convicted 1978.{{Cite web|title=Larry Hicks|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=146}}

1981

  • Michael Linder, South Carolina. Convicted 1979.{{Cite web|title=Michael Linder|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=197}}
  • Johnny Ross, Louisiana. Convicted 1975.{{Cite web|title=Johnny Ross|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=281}}

1982

  • Lawyer Johnson, Massachusetts. Convicted 1972.{{Cite web|title=Lawyer Johnson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=166}}

1986

  • Anthony Silah Brown, Florida. Convicted 1983.{{Cite web|title=Anthony Silah Brown|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=33}}
  • Neil Ferber, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1981.{{Cite web|title=Neil Ferber|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=96}}
  • Clifford Henry Bowen, Oklahoma. Convicted 1981.{{Cite web|title=Clifford Henry Bowen|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=27}}

1987

  • Joseph Green Brown. Florida. Convicted 1974. He was re-arrested in 2012 and charged with the murder of his wife in North Carolina, for which he was convicted on September 12, 2013.[https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-death-row-inmate-now-charged-in-wifes-killing/ "Former death row inmate now charged in wife's killing"]. Fox News. September 17, 2012{{cite web|title=Joseph "Shabaka" Green Brown|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=36|publisher=National Registry of Exonerations, University of California-Irvine}}
  • Perry Cobb and Darby J. Tillis. Illinois. Convicted 1979. The primary witness in the case, Phyllis Santini, was determined to be an accomplice of the actual killer by the Illinois Supreme Court. The Judge in the case, Thomas J. Maloney, was later convicted of accepting bribes.[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-darby-tillis-obit-met-20141113-story.html].Chicago Tribune. November 13th, 2014{{Cite web|title=Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/perry-cobb.html|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.law.northwestern.edu|language=en}}
  • Juan Ramos, Florida. Convicted 1983. Acquitted on retrial in April 1987.{{Cite web|title=Juan Ramos|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=265}}
  • Robert Wallace, Georgia. Convicted 1980.{{Cite web|title=Robert Wallace|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=352}}
  • Anthony Ray Peek, Florida. Convicted 1978.{{Cite web|title=Anthony Ray Peek|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=245}}

1988

  • Larry Troy and Willie Brown, Florida. Convicted 1983.{{Cite web|title=Larry Troy|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=337}}

1989

  • Randall Dale Adams, Texas. Convicted 1977. He was exonerated as a result of information uncovered by film-maker Errol Morris and presented in an acclaimed 1988 documentary, The Thin Blue Line. Adams was released and all charges were dropped in December 1988.{{Cite web|title=Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/tx/randall-dale-adams.html|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.law.northwestern.edu|language=en}}
  • James Joseph Richardson, Florida. Convicted 1968.{{Cite web|title=James Joseph Richardson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3577}}

=1990s=

1990

  • Clarence Brandley, Texas. Convicted 1981.{{Cite web|title=Clarence Brandley|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3044}}
  • Dale Johnston, Ohio. Convicted 1984.{{Cite web|title=Dale Johnston|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3798}}

1991

  • Gary Nelson, Georgia. Convicted 1980.{{Cite web|title=Gary Nelson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3501}}
  • Charles Smith, Indiana. Convicted 1983.{{Cite web|title=Charles Smith|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3642}}

1992

  • Jay C. Smith, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1986.{{Cite web|title=Jay C. Smith|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3645}}

1993

  • Walter McMillian, Alabama. Convicted 1988. [https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3461 Walter McMillian] National Registry of Exonerations.{{Cite web|title=Walter McMillian|url=https://eji.org/cases/walter-mcmillian/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Equal Justice Initiative|language=en-US}}
  • Gregory Wilhoit, Oklahoma. Convicted 1987. Along with Ron Williamson, Wilhoit later became the subject of John Grisham's 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.Grisham, John (2006). The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Doubleday Books{{Cite web|title=Gregory Wilhoit|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3742}}
  • Kirk Bloodsworth, Maryland. Convicted 1985.{{Cite web|title=Kirk Bloodsworth|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3032}}
  • Muneer Deeb, Texas. Convicted 1985. {{Cite web|title=Muneer Deeb|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3168}}
  • Larry Hudson, Louisiana. Convicted 1967.{{Cite web|title=Larry Hudson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3313}}
  • Federico Macias, Texas. Convicted 1984.{{Cite web|title=Federico Macias|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3399}}
  • James Albert Robison, Arizona. Convicted 1977.{{Cite web|title=James Albert Robison|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3588}}

1994

  • Andrew Golden, Florida. Convicted 1991.{{Cite web|title=Andrew Golden|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3242}}

1995

  • Robert Charles Cruz, Arizona. Convicted 1981. Cruz disappeared in 1997 and his remains were found in 2007.[http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.true-crime/2007-03/msg01216.html "Bones linked to jailed hit man"]. derkeiler.com. March 29, 2007{{Cite web|title=Robert Cruz|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3139}}
  • Rolando Cruz and Alejandro Hernandez, Illinois. Convicted 1985.{{cite web|title=Rolando Cruz|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/rolando-cruz/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}{{cite web|title=Alejandro Hernandez|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/alejandro-hernandez/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Sabrina Butler, Mississippi. Convicted 1990.{{Cite web|title=Sabrina Butler|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3078}}
  • Adolph Munson, Oklahoma. Convicted 1985.{{Cite web|title=Adolph Munson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3497}}

1996

  • Verneal Jimerson and Dennis Williams, Illinois. Convicted 1985.{{cite web|title=Verneal Jimerson|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/verneal-jimerson/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}{{cite web|title=Dennis Williams|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/dennis-williams/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Gary Gauger, Illinois. Convicted 1993.{{Cite web|title=Exoneree, Center on Wrongful Convictions: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law|url=https://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/exonerations/il/gary-gauger.html|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.law.northwestern.edu|language=en}}
  • Joseph Burrows, Illinois. Convicted 1989.{{Cite web|title=Joseph Burrows|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3074}}
  • David Grannis, Arizona. Convicted 1991.{{Cite web|title=David Grannis|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3252}}
  • Troy Lee Jones, California. Convicted 1982.{{Cite web|title=Troy Lee Jones|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3341}}
  • Carl Lawson, Illinois. Convicted 1990.{{Cite web|title=Carl Lawson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3375}}
  • Roberto Miranda, Nevada. Convicted 1982.{{Cite web|title=Roberto Miranda|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3477}}

1997

  • Ricardo Aldape Guerra, Texas. Convicted 1982.{{Cite web|title=Ricardo Aldape Guerra|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3267}}
  • Benjamin Harris, Washington. Convicted 1984.{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Harris|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3282}}
  • Christopher McCrimmon, Arizona. Convicted 1993.{{Cite web|title=Christopher McCrimmon|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3424}}
  • Larry Randal Padgett, Alabama. Convicted 1992.{{Cite web|title=Larry Randal Padgett|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3521}}

1998

  • Curtis Kyles, Louisiana. Convicted 1984.{{Cite web|title=Curtis Kyles|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3366}}

1999

  • Shareef Cousin, Louisiana. Convicted 1996.{{citation|title=Getting Off Death Row|date=March 26, 2007|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9140308|publisher=NPR}}
  • Anthony Porter, Illinois. Convicted 1983.{{cite book|last=Cohen|first=Stanley|url=https://archive.org/details/wrongmenamericas0000cohe_v1v7/page/41|title=The Wrong Men: America's Epidemic of Wrongful Death Row Convictions|publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers|year=2003|isbn=978-0-7867-1258-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/wrongmenamericas0000cohe_v1v7/page/41 41]}}
  • Ron Williamson, Oklahoma. Convicted 1988. Along with Gregory R. Wilhoit, Williamson later became the inspiration for and subject of John Grisham's 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.
  • Ronald Jones, Illinois. Convicted 1989. Released May 17, 1999.{{cite web|title=Ronald Jones|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/ronald-jones/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}{{Cite web|title=Ronald Jones|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3340}}
  • Clarence Richard Dexter, Jr., Missouri. Convicted 1991.{{Cite web|title=Clarence Richard Dexter, Jr.|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3173}}
  • Alfred Rivera, North Carolina. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Alfred Rivera|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3581}}
  • Steven Smith, Illinois. Convicted 1986.{{Cite web|title=Steven Smith|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3975}}

=2000s=

2000

  • Earl Washington, Jr., Virginia. Convicted 1984.{{Cite web|title=Earl Washington|url=https://innocenceproject.org/cases/earl-washington/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Innocence Project|language=en-US}}
  • Frank Lee Smith, Florida. Convicted 1985. Smith died in prison in January 2000, before being exonerated later that year.{{cite web|title=Frank Lee Smith|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/frank-lee-smith/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Eric Clemmons, Missouri. Convicted 1987.{{Cite web|title=Eric Clemmons|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3110}}
  • Hubert Geralds, Jr., Illinois. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Hubert Geralds, Jr.|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3795}}
  • Michael Graham, Louisiana. Convicted 1987.{{Cite web|title=Michael Graham|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3251}}
  • Joseph Green, Florida. Convicted 1993.{{Cite web|title=Joseph Green|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3259}}
  • Oscar Morris, California. Convicted 1983.{{Cite web|title=Oscar Morris|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3493}}
  • William Nieves, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1994.{{Cite web|title=William Nieves|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3507}}

2001

  • Charles Irvin Fain, Idaho. Convicted 1983.{{cite web|title=Charles Irvin Fain|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/charles-irvin-fain/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Albert Burrell, Louisiana. Convicted 1987.{{Cite web|title=Albert Burrell|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3073}}
  • Gary Drinkard, Alabama. Convicted 1995.{{Cite web|title=Gary Drinkard|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3190}}
  • Louis Greco, Massachusetts. Convicted 1968. Posthumous exoneration.{{Cite web|title=Louis Greco|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3435}}
  • Peter Limone, Massachusetts. Convicted 1968.{{Cite web|title=Peter Limone|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3383}}
  • Joaquin Jose Martinez, Florida. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Joaquin Jose Martinez|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3800}}
  • Donald Paradis, Idaho. Convicted 1981.{{Cite web|title=Donald Paradis|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3522}}
  • Henry Tameleo, Massachusetts. Convicted 1968. Posthumous exoneration.{{Cite web|title=Henry Tameleo|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3674}}

2002

  • Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon, Florida. Convicted 1984.Chachere, Vickie: "Florida Death Row Inmate To Be Released After 17 Years", Associated Press, Jan 3, 2002
  • Ray Krone, Arizona. Convicted 1992.[http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Ray_Krone.php "Know the Cases: Browse Profiles: Ray Krone"] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20140403191755/http%3A//www.innocenceproject.org/Content/Ray_Krone.php|date=2014-04-03}}. Innocence Project. Retrieved March 13, 2014.{{Cite web|title=Today Ray Krone Celebrates 17 Years of Freedom|url=https://innocenceproject.org/cases/ray-krone/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Innocence Project|language=en-US}}
  • Thomas Kimbell, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1998.{{Cite web|title=Thomas Kimbell|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3349}}
  • Andre Minnitt, Arizona. Convicted 1993.{{Cite web|title=Andre Minnitt|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3475}}
  • Larry Osborne, Kentucky. Convicted 1999.{{Cite web|title=Larry Osborne|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4216}}

2003

  • Nicholas Yarris, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1982.Pennsylvania v. Yarris, No 690-OF1982, Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, September 3, 2003. Order vacating conviction.
  • John Thompson, Louisiana. Convicted 1985.{{cite web|last1=Gross|first1=Alexandra|date=10 July 2014|title=JOHN THOMPSON|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3684|access-date=16 December 2015|website=The National Registry of Exonerations}}
  • Joseph Amrine, Missouri. Convicted 1986.{{Cite web|title=Joseph Amrine|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=2993}}
  • Madison Hobley, Illinois. Convicted 1990.{{Cite web|title=Madison Hobley|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=2977}}
  • Rudolph Holton, Florida. Convicted 1986.{{Cite web|title=Rudolph Holton|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3303}}
  • Stanley Howard, Illinois. Convicted 1987.{{Cite web|title=Stanley Howard|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3310}}
  • Timothy Howard, Ohio. Convicted 1977.{{Cite web|title=Timothy Howard|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3311}}
  • Gary Lamar James, Ohio. Convicted 1977.{{Cite web|title=Gary Lamar James|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3322}}
  • Leroy Orange, Illinois. Convicted 1985.{{Cite web|title=Leroy Orange|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3513}}
  • Aaron Patterson, Illinois. Convicted 1989.{{Cite web|title=Aaron Patterson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3447}}
  • Lemuel Prion, Arizona. Convicted 1999.{{Cite web|title=Lemuel Prion|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3551}}
  • Wesley Quick, Alabama. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Wesley Quick|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3556}}

2004

  • Alan Gell, North Carolina. Convicted 1995.{{cite news|author=Joseph Neff|date=2004-12-19|title=N.C. Prosecutors Stifled Evidence|pages=A1|work=The News & Observer}}
  • Ernest Willis, Texas. Convicted 1987.{{cite web|last1=Balleza|first1=Maureen|date=October 8, 2004|title=After 17 years on death row, Texas inmate walks free|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802EFDD153BF93BA35753C1A9629C8B63|access-date=March 11, 2017|website=The New York Times}}
  • Ryan Matthews, Louisiana. Convicted 1999.{{cite web|title=Ryan Matthews|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/ryan-matthews/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Laurence Adams, Massachusetts. Convicted 1974.{{Cite web|title=Laurence Adams|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=2983}}
  • Dan L. Bright, Louisiana. Convicted 1996.{{Cite web|title=Dan L. Bright|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3048}}
  • Patrick Croy, California. Convicted 1979.{{Cite web|title=Patrick Croy|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3138}}
  • Gordon Steidl, Illinois. Convicted 1987.{{Cite web|title=Gordon Steidl|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3661}}

2005

  • Derrick Jamison, Ohio. Convicted 1985.{{Cite web|title=Derrick Jamison|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3323}}
  • Harold C. Wilson, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1989.{{Cite web|title=Harold C. Wilson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3453}}

2007

  • Curtis McCarty, Oklahoma. Convicted 1986.{{cite web|title=Curtis McCarty|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/906/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Jonathon Hoffman, North Carolina. Convicted 1996.{{Cite web|title=Jonathon Hoffman|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3797}}
  • Michael Lee McCormick, Tennessee. Convicted 1987.{{Cite web|title=Michael Lee McCormick|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3422}}

2008

  • Kennedy Brewer, Mississippi. Convicted 1995.{{cite web|title=Kennedy Brewer|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/kennedy-brewer/|access-date=29 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}
  • Glen Edward Chapman, North Carolina. Convicted 1995.[http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2669008/ "Death Row Inmate Freed After 15 Years"]. WRAL-TV. April 2, 2008.
  • Levon "Bo" Jones, North Carolina. Convicted 1993.Linehan, Julie (September 3, 2013). [http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/09/03/3160607/in-justice-system-back-to-business.html "In justice system, back to business as usual"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313134258/http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/09/03/3160607/in-justice-system-back-to-business.html|date=2014-03-13}}. The News & Observer.
  • Michael Blair, Texas. Convicted 1994.Merchant, Nomaan (November 13, 2012). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/michael-blair-texas-rape-compensation_n_2123212.html "Michael Blair, Texas Man Who Admitted Rape, Wrongly Imprisoned For Murder, Seeks Compensation"]. The Huffington Post.Jennings, Diane (August 23, 2013). [http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/texas-supreme-court-denies-compensation-for-confessed-rapist-michael-blair.html/ "Texas Supreme Court denies admitted child rapist Michael Blair compensation for wrongful conviction in Ashley Estell murder"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127225039/http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/08/texas-supreme-court-denies-compensation-for-confessed-rapist-michael-blair.html/ |date=2016-01-27 }}. The Dallas Morning News.Gross, Alexandra. [http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3030 "Michael Blair"]. National Registry of Exonerations. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

2009

  • Herman Lindsey, Florida. Convicted 2006.
  • Nathson Fields, Illinois. Convicted 1986.[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9455416 "Judge won't declare ex-death row inmate innocent"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313080352/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=9455416 |date=2014-03-13 }}. ABC 7 Chicago/Associated Press. March 5, 2014.
  • Paul House, Tennessee. Convicted 1986.Grinberg, Emanuella (May 14, 2009). [http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/13/tennessee.exonerated/ " Exonerated death row inmate: 'Took 'em long enough'"]. CNN.Satterfield, Jamie (May 12, 2009). [http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/12/prosecutor-moves-drop-charges-against-ex-death-row/ "Prosecutor drops charges; House's family 'on Cloud Nine'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228022738/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/12/prosecutor-moves-drop-charges-against-ex-death-row/ |date=2014-02-28 }}. knoxnews.com.
  • Daniel Wade Moore, Alabama. Convicted 2002.McClain, Clarissa; Galloway, Drew (June 17, 2013). [http://whnt.com/2013/06/17/the-top-stories-from-the-past-50-years/ "The Top Stories from the Past 50 Years"]. WHNT 19 News.
  • Ronald Kitchen, Illinois. Convicted 1988.Blakley, Derrick (September 5, 2013). [http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/09/05/city-poised-to-pay-another-police-torture-settlement/ "City Poised To Pay Another Police-Torture Settlement"]. CBS 2 Chicago.
  • Michael Toney, Texas. Convicted 1999. Toney later died in a car accident on October 3, 2009, just one month and a day after his exoneration.[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/michael-toney-recently-exonerated-death-row-texas-dies-car-crash "Michael Toney, Recently Exonerated from Death Row in Texas, Dies in Car Crash"]. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  • Yancy Douglas, Oklahoma. Convicted 1995.{{Cite web|title=Yancy Douglas|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3187}}
  • Paris Powell, Oklahoma. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Paris Powell|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3548}}
  • Robert Springsteen, Texas. Convicted 2001.{{Cite web|title=Robert Springsteen|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3658}}

===2010s===

2010

  • Anthony Charles Graves, Texas. Convicted 1994.Rogers, Brian (October 27, 2010). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7266470.html "Texas sets man free from death row"]. Houston Chronicle.

2011

  • Gussie Vann, Tennessee. Convicted 1984.[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/recently-cleared-tennessee-inmate-added-list-exonerations "Recently Cleared Tennessee Inmate Added to List of Exonerations"]. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  • Damien Echols, Arkansas. Convicted 1994. {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/us/20arkansas.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Deal Frees 'West Memphis Three' in Arkansas|first=Campbell|last=Robertson|date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120002451/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/us/20arkansas.html|archive-date=November 20, 2020|access-date=December 12, 2020}}

2012

  • Damon Thibodeaux, Louisiana. Convicted 1997.Blackmon, Douglas A. (September 28, 2012). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/louisiana-death-row-inmate-damon-thibodeaux-is-exonerated-with-dna-evidence/2012/09/28/26e30012-0997-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_print.html "Louisiana death-row inmate Damon Thibodeaux exonerated with DNA evidence"]. The Washington Post.
  • Michael Keenan, Ohio. Convicted 1988.{{cite web|date=June 16, 2021|title=Michael Keenan freed, murder charge from 24 years ago dismissed by Cuyahoga County judge (Photo gallery)|url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2012/09/michael_keenan_1.html|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
  • Seth Penalver, Florida. Convicted 1994.[https://archive.today/20130216095234/http://www.local10.com/news/Former-death-row-inmate-acquitted-released-from-jail/-/1717324/17875690/-/cr6rkpz/-/index.html "Former death row inmate acquitted; released from jail"]. Local 10.com. Miami. December 22, 2012.
  • Joe D'Ambrosio, Ohio. Convicted 1989.{{Cite web|title=Joe D'Ambrosio|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3865}}
  • Dale Johnston, Ohio. Convicted 1984.

{{Cite web |last=Oliphint |first=Joel |date=20 September 2017 |title=Delayed Justice: The Dale Johnston case |url=https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/entertainment/human-interest/2017/09/20/delayed-justice-dale-johnston-case/6292266007/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Columbus Monthly |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2015-03-11 |title=Wrongly convicted Ohio man, 81, says death row was 'hell on earth' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/11/wrongly-convicted-ohio-man-death-row |access-date=2023-02-09 |issn=0261-3077}}

2013

  • Reginald Griffin, Missouri. Convicted 1983.[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-another-exoneration-death-row-reginald-griffin-missouri "INNOCENCE: Another Exoneration from Death Row--Reginald Griffin of Missouri"]. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

2014

  • Glenn Ford, Louisiana. Convicted 1984.Bever, Lindsey (March 12, 2014). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/03/12/after-nearly-30-years-on-death-row-glenn-ford-is-exonerated-and-free/ "After nearly 30 years on death row, Glenn Ford is exonerated — and free"]. The Washington Post.
  • Carl Dausch, Florida. Convicted 2011.{{cite news|date=June 13, 2014|title=State Supreme Court throws out death row inmate's conviction for 1987 killing|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/state-supreme-court-throws-out-death-row-inmates-conviction-for-1987/2184247/|access-date=October 30, 2014}}
  • Henry Lee McCollum and Leon Brown, North Carolina. Convicted 1984.{{cite news|date=September 2, 2014|title=Half-brothers to go free after convictions overturned in 1983 murder|agency=WRAL|url=http://www.wral.com/half-brothers-to-go-free-after-convictions-overturned-in-1983-murder/13943907/}}
  • Ricky Jackson, Ronnie Bridgeman, and Wiley Bridgeman, Ohio. Convicted 1975.{{cite news|date=November 21, 2014|title=Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman: Exonerated friends leave prison after 39 years behind bars|publisher=cleveland.com|url=http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2014/11/finally_exonerated_friends_lea.html|access-date=November 21, 2014}}{{Cite web|title=Kwame Ajamu|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4555}}
  • George Stinney Jr., South Carolina. Convicted 1944. Posthumous exoneration.{{cite web|last=Hastings|first=Deborah|date=2014-12-17|title=Black teen executed in S.C. has conviction overturned|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-boy-executed-s-conviction-overturned-article-1.2048611|access-date=2017-06-28|publisher=NY Daily News}}

2015

  • Debra Milke, Arizona. Convicted 1990.{{cite news|date=March 23, 2015|title=Debra Milke, Who Spent 22 Years On Death Row, Has Murder Case Thrown Out|newspaper=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/23/debra-milke-case-tossed_n_6924472.html|access-date=March 23, 2015}}
  • Anthony Ray Hinton, Alabama. Convicted 1985.{{cite web|date=April 3, 2015|title=Alabama exonerates man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit|url=http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/HintonPressRelease.pdf|access-date=April 3, 2015|publisher=Death Penalty Information Center}}
  • Willie Manning, Mississippi. Convicted 1996.{{Cite news|last=Nave|first=R. L.|date=2015-04-22|title=DA Dropping Charges Against Willie Jerome Manning in One Set of Murders|work=Jackson Free Press|url=http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/apr/22/da-dropping-charges-against-willie-jerome-manning-/|access-date=2016-11-16}}
  • Alfred Brown, Texas. Convicted 2005.{{Cite news|last=Balko|first=Radley|date=2015-06-10|title=Texas death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown is released from prison|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/06/10/texas-death-row-inmate-alfred-dewayne-brown-is-released-from-prison/|access-date=2016-11-16|issn=0190-8286}}
  • Lawrence William Lee, Georgia. Convicted 1987.{{cite web|date=2016-01-18|title=William Lee|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4824|access-date=2016-11-16|website=National Registry of Exonerations|publisher=Michigan State University College of Law}}
  • Derral Wayne Hodgkins, Florida. Convicted 2013.{{cite web|title=Supreme Court vacates death sentence of Pasco man convicted in Land O'Lakes murder|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/supreme-court-vacates-death-sentence-of-man-convicted-in-land-olakes-murder/2234256/|access-date=2016-11-16|website=Tampa Bay Times}}
  • William Antunes, Massachusetts. Convicted 1990.

2017{{cite web|title=Innocence Database|url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence-database?filters%5Byear%5D=2017|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Death Penalty Information Center}}

  • Isaiah McCoy, Delaware. Convicted 2010.{{Cite web|last=Jedra|first=Christina|title=Former Delaware death row inmate: I was convicted of murder, exonerated, and wrongfully accused again|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/11/28/former-death-row-inmate-says-he-wrongfully-accused-again/2123630002/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The News Journal|language=en-US}}
  • Rodricus Crawford, Louisiana. Convicted 2013.{{Cite web|title=He spent five years on death row. Now the charges have been dropped.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charges-dropped-against-former-death-row-inmate-rodricus-crawford-n748551|access-date=2021-02-21|website=NBC News|date=20 April 2017 |language=en}}
  • Ralph Wright, Florida. Convicted 2014.{{Cite web|title=Supreme Court orders Ralph Wright Jr. to be acquitted of 2007 St. Pete killings|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/florida-supreme-court-overturns-death-sentence-for-hillsborough-killer/2323582/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}}
  • Rickey Newman, Arkansas. Convicted 2002.{{Cite web|date=2017-10-12|title=Former Arkansas death row inmate freed after 16 years in custody; charges dropped in mutilation case|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/oct/12/murder-convict-free-after-16-years-2017/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Arkansas Online|language=en}}
  • Gabriel Solache, Illinois. Convicted 2000.
  • Robert Miller, Oklahoma. Convicted 1988.{{cite web|title=Robert Miller|url=https://www.innocenceproject.org/cases/robert-miller/|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Innocence Project}}

2018{{cite web|title=Innocence Database|url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence-database?filters%5Byear%5D=2018|access-date=30 April 2020|website=Death Penalty Information Center}}

  • Vicente Benavides, California. Convicted 1993.{{Cite web|last=Tchekmedyian|first=Alene|date=2019-06-26|title=Vicente Benavides spent 25 years on death row. Now he's suing over 'false evidence'|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-vicente-benavides-death-row-false-conviction-lawsuit-20190626-story.html|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}
  • Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin, Florida. Convicted 2006.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Michael|title=Exonerated from death row, freedom is a 'beautiful dream' for Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-clemente-aguirre-jarquin-exonerated-death-row-inmate-20181121-story.html|access-date=2021-02-21|website=orlandosentinel.com|date=23 November 2018 }}

2019

  • Paul Browning, Nevada. Convicted 1986.{{cite web|date=September 19, 2019|title=Nevada Court Orders Man's Release from Death Row Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct and Inadequate Defense|url=https://eji.org/news/nevada-court-orders-mans-release-death-row-due-prosecutorial-misconduct-and-inadequate-defense|access-date=November 10, 2019|work=Equal Justice Initiative}}
  • Clifford Williams, Florida. Convicted 1976.[https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5533 The National Registry of Exonerations Clifford Williams Jr.][https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/29/us/florida-wrongful-imprisonment-42-years-murder/index.html For 42 years, two Florida men were imprisoned for murder. Now, they're free after the state tosses the case.] CNN, March 29, 2019
  • Charles Finch, North Carolina. Convicted 1976.[https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5577 The National Registry of Exonerations Charles Finch]
  • Christopher Williams, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1993.{{Cite web|title=Christopher Williams|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5669}}

=2020s=

2020

  • Robert Duboise, Florida. Convicted 1985.{{Cite web|title=Robert Duboise|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5807}}
  • Curtis Flowers, Mississippi. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Curtis Flowers|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5808}}
  • Kareem Johnson, Pennsylvania. Convicted 2007.{{Cite web|title=Kareem Johnson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5745}}
  • Roderick Johnson, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1997.{{Cite web|title=Roderick Johnson|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5873}}
  • Walter Ogrod, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1996.{{Cite web|title=Walter Ogrod|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5752}}

2021

  • Sherwood Brown, Mississippi. Convicted 1995.{{Cite web|title=Sherwood Brown|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=6039}}
  • Eddie Lee Howard, Jr., Mississippi. Convicted 1994.{{Cite web|title=Eddie Lee Howard, Jr.|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5911}}
  • Barry Williams, California. Convicted 1986.{{Cite web|title=Barry Williams|url=https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5946}}

2023

  • Glynn Simmons, Oklahoma. Convicted 1975.{{Cite news |last=Jiménez |first=Jesus |date=2023-12-20 |title=Man Cleared of Murder After More Than 48 Years in Prison |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/20/us/glynn-simmons-exoneration-oklahoma.html |access-date=2023-12-21 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Alfonseca |first=Kiara |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-death-row-gets-murder-case-dismissed-after/story?id=103342384 |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211175913/http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/Browse-Profiles.php "Know the Cases: Browse the Profiles"]. Innocence Project.
  • [http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic/wrongfulconvictions/ Bluhm Legal Clinic: Center on Wrongful Convictions]. Northwestern University School of Law.
  • Sherrer, Hans. [http://www.justicedenied.org/landmarkstudy.htm "Landmark Study Shows the Unreliability of Capital Trial Verdicts"]. The Independent Review. Justice: Denied.
  • [http://forejustice.org/search_idb.htm The Innocents Database]
  • Feldman, Meg (February 7, 2008). [https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/life-after-dna-exoneration-6374934 "Life After DNA Exoneration"]. Dallas Observer News.

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