Instructions for Using the Registry

The table below shows all individual exonerations. By default, the table is set to show exonerations from 1989 through the present. Check "Pre-1989" in the Exoneration Era filter to view Pre-1989 exonerations. Use the filters on the left to search for exonerations with particular criteria. Hover over the symbols for explanations of filters or columns. Use the Keyword Search box to filter for cases that contain those keywords in the narrative summary.

If multiple keywords are entered, the search will show cases in which the narrative contains ALL of those words. So adding more search terms will narrow the search. Terms with fewer than three characters (e.g., "IQ") are ignored in searches. Searches can be further narrowed by using "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases. Keywords both inside and outside quotation marks can be combined. And, truncated words can be entered: the term "discrim" will return all variants on that root. No "wildcards," such as "*" are necessary for truncation.

Since the table is filtered to 1989 through the present by default, a search for the name of someone who was exonerated before 1989 will not produce results until the Date of Exoneration is adjusted, or the Pre-1989 filter is selected.

Once filters have been set, select the column headings you wish to display, and sort the table by whatever column heading you choose by clicking on the column heading. For more detailed instructions, see Understanding the Registry, under "About" at the top right of the Home Page.

Note: 1989 was the year of the first DNA exoneration and the dawn of a new era of wrongful convictions. The Registry used to separate the two - pre and post 1989 exonerations - into two separate and distinct databases. They are now synthesized to reflect the entire body of exoneration data. If you wish to view exonerations prior to 1989, check "Pre-1989" in the Exoneration Era filter.

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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Years lost Age Race Sex Posting Date
Adams, Johnny Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0 52 Black Male 03-18-2016
Albritton, Amy Texas Harris 2010 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 43 White Female 07-22-2016
Alegria, Megan Texas Harris 2011 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 20 White Female 04-30-2020
Alejandro, Gilbert Texas Uvalde 1990 1994 Sexual Assault 12 years 3.7 34 Hispanic Male 08-29-2011
Alonzo, Quintin Texas Dallas 2003 2019 Murder Life 15.3 21 Hispanic Male 11-11-2019
Amory, Earl Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 4 months 0.2 38 Black Male 12-22-2016
Arledge, Randolph Texas Navarro 1984 2013 Murder Life 28.9 26 White Male 05-10-2013
Baker, Terry Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 30 Black Male 12-16-2014
Baltierrez, Jose Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 21 Hispanic Male 01-13-2015
Baltrip, Henry Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 years 2.2 22 Black Male 05-08-2015
Barber, Jason Texas Upshur 1997 2000 Murder 35 years 3.1 21 White Male 08-29-2011
Batts, Rosa Sade Texas Harris 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 1.0 25 Black Female 09-14-2013
Beal, Kenneth Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 23 Black Male 04-14-2015
Bell, Jerrell Texas Harris 2011 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 120 days 0.3 19 Black Male 02-14-2014
Birden, Eric Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 23 Black Male 05-08-2015
Blair, Michael Texas Collin 1994 2008 Murder Death 13.9 23 White Male 08-29-2011
Bledsoe, Earnest Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 26 Black Male 09-11-2015
Brandley, Clarence Texas Montgomery 1981 1990 Murder Death 8.9 29 Black Male 08-29-2011
Briggs, Brandy Texas Harris 2000 2006 Child Abuse 17 years 5.2 19 White Female 10-11-2011
Briscoe, Terence Texas Harris 2009 2010 Robbery Not Sentenced 0.6 19 Black Male 01-30-2023
Brooks, Gwendolyn Texas Harris 2010 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.3 52 Black Female 01-13-2015
Brooks, Quincy Texas Galveston 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.1 27 Black Male 12-11-2017
Brown, Charlotte Texas Harris 2011 2012 Drug Possession or Sale 6 years 1.4 32 Black Female 04-26-2014
Byrd, Kevin Texas Harris 1985 1997 Sexual Assault Life 12.0 23 Black Male 08-29-2011
Cacy, Sonia Texas Pecos 1993 2017 Murder Life 5.7 44 White Female 02-13-2017
Cantu, Humberto Texas Harris 2009 2018 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 26 Hispanic Male 01-11-2018
Cantu, Raul Texas Harris 2005 2005 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.2 34 Hispanic Male 10-25-2012
Carnes, Linda Texas Wharton 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 5 years 0.4 26 White Female 11-14-2014
Castor, Gregory Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 34 Black Male 12-30-2014
Chaney, Steven Texas Dallas 1987 2019 Murder Life 27.8 31 White Male 02-14-2019
Chasstion, Donald Texas Harris 2009 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 50 Black Male 08-07-2015
Chatman, Charles Texas Dallas 1981 2008 Sexual Assault Life 26.4 20 Black Male 08-31-2011
Clark, Cleaven Texas Harris 2008 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 23 Black Male 03-08-2016
Cleveland, Jarrel Texas Harris 2012 2022 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 24 Black Male 04-28-2022
Colbert, Walter Texas Harris 2009 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 30 Black Male 05-27-2017
Cole, Timothy B. Texas Lubbock 1986 2009 Sexual Assault 25 years 13.4 24 Black Male 08-29-2011
Coleman, Keith Texas Harris 2006 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 24 Black Male 01-17-2013
Collins, Skye Texas Harris 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 36 Black Female 07-31-2017
Cook, Kerry Max Texas Smith 1978 2024 Murder Death 19.4 21 White Male 08-29-2024
Cottingham, Jamaka Texas Harris 1997 2023 Robbery 30 years 14.7 17 Black Male 08-02-2023
Criner, Roy Texas Montgomery 1990 2000 Sexual Assault Life 6.1 21 White Male 08-29-2011
Crochon, Joseph Texas Harris 2014 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 60 Black Male 03-01-2016
Curry, Adrian Texas Harris 2007 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 150 days 0.2 28 Black Male 08-25-2016
Curtis, Exzavian Texas Harris 2013 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 23 Black Male 12-28-2014
Daigle, Prentice Texas Harris 2007 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 1 year and 3 months 0.9 19 Black Male 10-04-2016
Danziger, Richard Texas Travis 1990 2002 Sexual Assault Life 11.1 18 White Male 08-29-2011
Davenport-Fritsche, Donna Texas Montgomery 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 30 White Female 05-17-2013
Davis, Dennis Texas Travis 2011 2018 Murder 36 years 3.0 35 White Male 06-19-2019
Davis, Patrice Texas Harris 2014 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 25 Black Female 06-09-2017
Deeb, Muneer Texas McLennan 1985 1993 Murder Death 7.5 23 Other Male 08-29-2011
Demings, Barry Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 55 Black Male 08-02-2015
Diaz, Victor Texas Harris 2011 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Hispanic Male 12-26-2014
Dixon, Christopher Texas Harris 2005 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 180 days 0.2 31 Black Male 09-18-2017
Dixon, Isaac Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.2 26 Black Male 07-15-2015
Dukes, Jerry Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 54 White Male 09-11-2015
Duncan, Cornelia Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 33 Black Female 05-08-2015
Emerson, Tommy Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 49 Black Male 03-18-2016
Faircloth, Billy Texas Travis 2012 2023 Assault 60 years 10.6 44 White Male 05-04-2023
Fergeson, Latanya Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 29 Black Female 08-07-2015
Fox, Bretton Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 10 days 0 24 White Male 05-08-2015
Franklin, Brian Texas Tarrant 1995 2016 Child Sex Abuse Life 21.2 34 White Male 12-22-2016
Frederick, Sherri Texas Harris 2010 2012 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.4 33 Black Female 10-18-2012
Fuller, Larry Texas Dallas 1981 2006 Sexual Assault 50 years 17.8 32 Black Male 08-29-2011
Gainus, Rhonda Texas Ellis 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 3 years 0.4 44 White Female 05-12-2013
Gandy, Robert Texas Harris 1990 2020 Robbery Life 13.7 24 Black Male 06-26-2020
Garza, Fernando Texas Harris 2013 2020 Drug Possession or Sale 180 days 0.1 23 Hispanic Male 04-30-2020
Garza, Michael Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 10 months 0.1 28 White Male 12-29-2014
Garza, Paul Texas Harris 2009 2018 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 40 White Male 05-30-2018
Gaston, Jeffrey Texas Harris 2006 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 34 Black Male 04-07-2015
Gauthier, Victoria Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 White Female 10-26-2015
Good, Donald Wayne Texas Dallas 1984 2004 Sexual Assault Life 11.5 23 White Male 08-29-2011
Grant, Lydell Texas Harris 2012 2021 Murder Life 7.0 33 Black Male 06-16-2021
Graves, Anthony Texas Burleson 1994 2010 Murder Death 16.0 26 Black Male 08-29-2011
Grotton, April Texas Montgomery 2013 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 1 year 0.7 37 White Female 02-03-2017
Harding, Kevin Texas Harris 2009 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 10 months 0.4 52 Black Male 01-25-2017
Hayden, Courtney Texas Nueces 2015 2018 Murder 40 years 2.2 24 White Female 01-30-2018
Herrera, Eric Texas Galveston 2011 2012 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.2 42 Hispanic Male 04-26-2014
Hines, Jasmyn Texas Harris 2014 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.1 24 Black Female 05-31-2016
Hobson, Forrest Texas Bowie 2019 2021 Drug Possession or Sale 8 years 1.6 22 White Male 05-06-2021
Holmes, Christine Texas Montgomery 2023 2024 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0 37 White Female 04-15-2024
Holmes, Phillip Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.1 33 Black Male 03-06-2015
Horton, Alice Texas Angelina 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 3 years 1.5 20 White Female 04-26-2014
Hungerford, Jordan Texas Denton 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 3 years 0.6 24 White Male 12-18-2014
Jacobs, Wandra Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.2 28 Black Female 07-14-2016
Jimenez, Rosa Texas Travis 2005 2023 Murder Life 15.4 20 Hispanic Female 08-22-2023
Johnson, Eddie Texas Harris 2010 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 53 Black Male 07-14-2016
Johnson, Johnathan Texas Harris 2011 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 0.9 19 Black Male 08-25-2016
Johnson, Robert III Texas Galveston 2015 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 0.5 32 White Male 05-21-2017
Jones, Jesse Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.3 38 Black Male 07-15-2016
Jones, Michael Texas Harris 2009 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Black Male 12-03-2015
Jones, Walter Texas Harris 2008 2018 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.1 55 Black Male 07-14-2018
Jordan, Queen Esther Texas Harris 2008 2009 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.1 45 Black Female 04-26-2014
Jordan, Queen Esther Texas Harris 2009 2009 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 45 Black Female 01-15-2015
Karage, Entre Nax Texas Dallas 1997 2005 Murder Life 8.1 21 Asian Male 08-29-2011
Keller, Daniel Texas Travis 1992 2017 Child Sex Abuse 48 years 21.0 49 White Male 06-24-2017
Keller, Frances Texas Travis 1992 2017 Child Sex Abuse 48 years 21.0 41 White Female 06-24-2017
Kruppa, Cathy Texas Harris 2006 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 48 White Female 05-26-2016
Kussmaul, Richard Texas Mclennan 1994 2019 Murder Life without parole 24.9 21 White Male 11-06-2019
LaFell, Damien Texas Harris 2009 2020 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.2 28 Black Male 04-06-2020
Lape, Michael Bruce Texas Montgomery 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 25 years 0.3 27 White Male 05-01-2013