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At about 9 a.m. on Monday, September 10, 2007, 50-year-old Dell Crawford called police in Detroit, Michigan to report finding the body of 35-year-old Tatanisha “Joy” Williams in the home she rented…
Just before midnight on December 6, 1985, Charles Ferguson walked his girlfriend, 18-year-old Gwendolyn Taylor, to her home on Talbot Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.…
On December 14, 2014, 26-year-old Timothy Gonzalez was caring for his 7-month-old daughter, C.B., in Portland, Oregon. At the time, Gonzalez had returned from Arizona where he had been temporarily…
At about 11 a.m. on April 1, 2005, two men robbed 70-year-old Gerald Ross in the elevator of his apartment building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Ross had just returned…
On the morning of July 28, 2003, 10-month-old Abelardo Casiano received severe burns from scalding water in a bathtub at an apartment in Austin, Texas. Abelardo’s mother lived in Mexico, and the…
At about 5 p.m. on February 22, 1984, two men walked into the Metro Fuel Oil & Burner Company on 10th Street near Susquehanna in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They drew handguns and robbed 21-year…
On March 6, 1978, three masked men broke into a home in Newark, California. The robbers terrorized the homeowners and their visiting neighbors, and left with $12,000 worth of jewelry and appliances,…
On the afternoon of March 10, 1999, the body of 63-year-old Virgie Perkins was found in the living room of her home on Hartford Street in Detroit, Michigan. She had been strangled, and her throat had…
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The Registry is a living archive of injustice. We collect, analyze, and publish comprehensive information on all known exonerations of criminal defendants in the United States.
We study the frequency and distribution of exonerations, and the causes, costs, and consequences of wrongful convictions. We make our data, research, and stories broadly accessible. Our goal is to be a resource for those who want to improve the criminal legal system and make it more accountable.
The Registry is a project of the Michigan State University College of Law, the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at the University of California—Irvine, and the University of Michigan Law School.
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Reports
In the Press
Cleveland.comOhio payments for wrongful convictions have increased. Here's why. (1/24/2026)
Chicago TribuneStill Imprisoned in his mind (1/4/2026)
NBC NewsExperts who backed 'shaken baby' science now fight to free imprisoned caregivers (12/24/2025)