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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Total records: 586
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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Years lost Age Race Sex Date of Release Posting Date
Adams, Jarrett M. Wisconsin Jefferson 2000 2007 Sexual Assault 28 years 7.0 17 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
Adams, Laurence Massachusetts Suffolk 1974 2004 Murder Death 30.1 19 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Addison, Ronald Maryland Baltimore City 1998 2005 Murder 30 years 7.7 19 Black Male 2005 08-29-2011
Agnew, Gregory Illinois Lake 1988 2001 Robbery 30 years 13.4 28 Black Male 2001 01-18-2018
Aina, Andre Pennsylvania Centre 2015 2020 Weapon Possession or Sale 3 to 6 years 4.4 22 Black Male 2020 04-06-2020
Ala, Kadafi New York Kings 2001 2021 Attempt, Violent 21 years 17.8 20 Black Male 2018 07-16-2021
Alexander, Malcolm Louisiana Jefferson 1980 2018 Sexual Assault Life without parole 37.2 19 Black Male 2018 02-06-2018
Allen, Derrick North Carolina Durham 1999 2016 Murder 43 3/4 to 54 years 11.0 19 Black Male 2010 12-16-2021
Alowonle, Rilwan Minnesota Washington 2007 2010 Sexual Assault 4 years 1.8 50 Black Male 2009 03-10-2014
Amerson, Quincy North Carolina Harnett 2001 2024 Murder Life without parole 22.9 24 Black Male 2024 05-19-2024
Amrine, Joseph Missouri Cole 1986 2003 Murder Death 16.7 28 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011
Anderson, James S. Washington Pierce 2005 2009 Robbery 17 years 3.6 26 Black Male 2008 08-29-2011
Anderson, Marvin Virginia Hanover 1982 2002 Sexual Assault Life 14.5 18 Black Male 1997 08-29-2011
Anderson, Michael California Los Angeles 2003 2024 Murder 50 to Life 21.2 23 Black Male 2024 10-09-2025
Anderson, Robert Michigan Kent 1970 1973 Theft 4 years 2.1 Black Male 1973 03-04-2021
Anderson, Roland Mississippi Hinds 1997 2007 Assault 15 years 7.2 32 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Anthony, Obie California Los Angeles 1995 2011 Murder Life without parole 16.2 19 Black Male 2011 01-14-2012
Appling, Riolordo California Los Angeles 2012 2013 Assault Not Sentenced 0.8 28 Black Male 2013 03-13-2013
Armstrong, Craig Illinois Cook 2005 2018 Sex Offender Registration 1 year 0.2 40 Black Male 2005 09-22-2019
Armstrong, Craig Illinois DuPage 2012 2016 Sex Offender Registration 3 years 1.2 46 Black Male 2013 09-22-2019
Arnold, William Jr. Tennessee Davidson 2013 2020 Child Sex Abuse 25 years 6.8 38 Black Male 2020 09-07-2020
Arrington, Jermaine Maryland Montgomery 1995 2010 Murder 25 years 15.3 19 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
August, Adrienne Texas Waller 2018 2019 Burglary 20 years 1.5 23 Black Male 2019 11-20-2019
Austin, Kirkdrick Texas Waller 2018 2021 Burglary 4 years 1.0 23 Black Male 2019 04-04-2021
Austin, Michael Maryland Baltimore City 1975 2002 Murder Life 26.8 25 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Avery, Chamar Michigan Wayne 2000 2010 Murder 20 to 50 years 8.0 18 Black Male 2008 01-15-2012
Baker, Edward Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1974 2002 Murder Life 25.2 17 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Baker, Kevin New Jersey Camden 1996 2020 Murder 60 to life 23.5 23 Black Male 2020 02-28-2020
Ballard, Jarvis Louisiana St. Bernard 1999 2021 Sexual Assault Life without parole 22.0 18 Black Male 2021 08-21-2021
Baltrip, Henry Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 years 2.2 22 Black Male 2015 05-08-2015
Bankhead, Antoine Missouri St. Louis City 2002 2006 Murder Life 4.1 18 Black Male 2006 12-06-2017
Banks, Jerry Georgia Henry 1975 1980 Murder Death 5.9 23 Black Male 1980 03-13-2018
Baptiste, Joseph Fed-MA 2019 2022 Conspiracy Not Sentenced 0 63 Black Male 2019 08-04-2022
Barner, Glenn California Los Angeles 1992 1993 Robbery 16 years 0.7 31 Black Male 1993 07-12-2016
Barnes, Jepheth South Carolina Spartanburg 1996 2003 Child Sex Abuse 16 years 7.2 51 Black Male 2003 09-03-2016
Barnes, Lamar Virginia Portsmouth City 2003 2022 Murder Life 18.4 20 Black Male 2022 01-27-2022
Bass, Jimmy Mississippi Bolivar 1988 2010 Robbery 50 years 21.2 18 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Batten, Floyd New York Kings 1984 2004 Murder 20 to life 19.3 20 Black Male 2003 12-15-2015
Baylor, Ronnie California Riverside 1987 1996 Sexual Assault 16 years 7.6 25 Black Male 1995 02-26-2014
Beals, Brian Illinois Cook 1990 2023 Murder 80 years 33.9 22 Black Male 2023 01-03-2024
Bell, Derrick New York Kings 1997 2007 Robbery 12 1/2 to 25 years 10.5 22 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
Bell, George New York Queens 1999 2021 Murder Life without parole 21.7 19 Black Male 2021 06-13-2021
Bell, James Jr. Pennsylvania Lancaster 2008 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 2 to 5 years 1.9 27 Black Male 2010 06-18-2014
Bennett, Hassan Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2008 2019 Murder Life without parole 10.4 23 Black Male 2019 05-22-2019
Bennett, Joseph Massachusetts Suffolk 1998 2024 Murder Life without parole 17.3 22 Black Male 2015 12-17-2024
Benson, Leon Indiana Marion 1999 2023 Murder 60 years 23.7 22 Black Male 2023 03-21-2023
Berry, Wilder Illinois Cook 1992 2000 Sexual Assault 35 years 7.5 20 Black Male 1999 08-29-2011
Berryman, Earl New Jersey Essex 1985 1997 Sexual Assault 50 years 10.4 24 Black Male 1995 08-29-2011
Bivens, Darrell Wayne Jr. Texas Collin 2013 2013 Sex Offender Registration 3 years 0.1 33 Black Male 2013 04-15-2013
Blackmon, Eric Illinois Cook 2004 2019 Murder 60 years 13.5 20 Black Male 2018 01-28-2019
Blackshire, James Texas Dallas 1995 2009 Child Sex Abuse 40 years 13.8 18 Black Male 2009 07-02-2012
Bolden, Eddie Illinois Cook 1996 2016 Murder Life without parole 19.5 24 Black Male 2016 04-22-2016
Boncy, Roger Fed-MA 2019 2022 Conspiracy Not Sentenced 0 71 Black Male 2019 08-04-2022
Boone, Otis New York Kings 2012 2019 Robbery 25 years 5.6 19 Black Male 2018 03-24-2019
Booth, Darrell California Orange 2011 2017 Murder 15 to Life 5.3 28 Black Male 2017 01-18-2019
Bossett, Michael New York Queens 1981 2025 Attempted Murder 25 to life 0 24 Black Male 1981 10-14-2025
Boyd, Lathierial Illinois Cook 1990 2013 Murder 82 years 22.9 24 Black Male 2013 09-10-2013
Bradley, Kelvin Georgia Fulton 2012 2017 Assault 20 years 4.8 26 Black Male 2017 05-16-2017
Bragg, Rodney L. Arkansas Clark 1996 2000 Drug Possession or Sale Life 4.9 31 Black Male 2000 08-29-2011
Bright, Dan L. Louisiana Orleans 1996 2004 Murder Death 8.0 35 Black Male 2004 08-29-2011
Bright, Gregory Louisiana Orleans 1976 2003 Murder Life 26.9 20 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011
Briley, Yutico Louisiana Orleans 2013 2021 Robbery 60 years 7.9 19 Black Male 2021 04-05-2021
Britt, Cheydrick Florida Hillsborough 2004 2013 Child Sex Abuse 30 years 9.4 29 Black Male 2013 11-21-2013
Britton, Robert Illinois Cook 1996 2014 Sexual Assault 50 years 18.6 38 Black Male 2014 11-12-2014
Broomes, Livingston New York Kings 2012 2019 Sexual Assault 4 years 2.5 64 Black Male 2014 06-03-2019
Brown, Arthur Illinois Cook 1990 2017 Murder Life without parole 27.6 37 Black Male 2017 11-26-2017
Brown, Jacquez Pennsylvania York 2013 2022 Murder 50 to Life 8.2 15 Black Male 2022 02-18-2022
Brown, John Jr. Arkansas Dallas 1992 2020 Murder Life 26.1 21 Black Male 2018 10-08-2020
Brown, Joseph "Shabaka" Green Florida Hillsborough 1974 1987 Murder Death 12.7 24 Black Male 1987 03-13-2018
Brown, Marcel Illinois Cook 2011 2018 Murder 35 years 7.5 18 Black Male 2018 07-24-2018
Brown, Nathan Louisiana Jefferson 1997 2014 Sexual Assault 25 years 16.6 23 Black Male 2014 06-25-2014
Brown, Rodney Maryland Baltimore City 2006 2021 Assault 45 years 11.3 24 Black Male 2017 12-08-2022
Brown, Shawn Michigan Calhoun 2010 2021 Manslaughter 8 years and 4 months to 30 years 8.8 25 Black Male 2019 05-03-2021
Brown, Tracy Texas Harris 1992 2022 Drug Possession or Sale 10 to 35 years 8.1 27 Black Male 2000 12-12-2022
Browning, Paul Nevada Clark 1986 2020 Murder Death 32.7 29 Black Male 2019 04-30-2020
Brownridge, Samuel New York Queens 1995 2020 Murder 25 to life 23.9 18 Black Male 2019 07-20-2020
Bryant, David New York Bronx 1976 2019 Murder 25 to Life 40.7 18 Black Male 2017 03-15-2019
Bumpass, Angel Tennessee Hamilton 2019 2023 Murder Life 3.1 13 Black Female 2022 10-09-2023
Bunkley, Derrick Michigan Wayne 2014 2016 Attempted Murder 17 to 32 years 1.4 22 Black Male 2016 02-25-2016
Burgess, Sabein Maryland Baltimore City 1995 2014 Murder Life 18.7 24 Black Male 2014 02-21-2014
Burgess, Wayne Tennessee Giles 1999 2023 Murder Life 24.5 34 Black Male 2023 08-16-2023
Burnside, Brandon Wisconsin Milwaukee 2011 2015 Murder Life 4.7 27 Black Male 2015 09-28-2015
Burrell, Frank Illinois Cook 2002 2024 Murder 32 years 17.2 24 Black Male 2019 04-04-2024
Bush, Keith New York Suffolk 1976 2019 Murder 20 to Life 32.0 17 Black Male 2008 06-03-2019
Butler, Robert Tennessee Knox 1977 1995 Sexual Assault Life 15.8 34 Black Male 1993 12-08-2014
Caldwell, Maurice California San Francisco 1991 2011 Murder 27 to Life 19.7 23 Black Male 2011 08-31-2011
Campbell, Lamont Missouri St. Louis City 2016 2023 Murder Life 6.3 17 Black Male 2023 02-15-2023
Campbell, Lori Georgia Douglas 2005 2007 Theft Probation 0 32 Black Female 2005 01-12-2018
Campbell, Teshome Illinois Champaign 1998 2016 Murder 55 years 17.3 21 Black Male 2016 02-09-2016
Cantave, Jean New York Queens 2008 2012 Sexual Assault 20 years 3.6 42 Black Male 2012 12-19-2021
Carmon, Darron North Carolina Pitt 1994 2022 Robbery 14 to 40 years 7.7 19 Black Male 2001 09-19-2022
Carnes, Keith Missouri Jackson 2005 2022 Murder Life without parole 17.0 33 Black Male 2022 04-20-2022
Carrington, Steven New York Kings 1996 2024 Murder 23 to Life 21.5 27 Black Male 2018 06-14-2024
Carter, Edward Michigan Wayne 1975 2010 Sexual Assault Life 35.3 19 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Carter, Joseph Virginia Norfolk City 1990 2021 Murder Life 26.4 Black Male 2016 08-24-2021
Carter, Nathaniel New York Queens 1982 1984 Murder 25 years to life 1.6 30 Black Male 1984 03-13-2018
Carver, Michael Michigan Kalamazoo 2015 2020 Child Sex Abuse 25 to 50 years 3.2 50 Black Male 2018 05-27-2021
Cash, Tazell Michigan Wayne 2017 2019 Robbery 10 to 20 years 2.0 18 Black Male 2019 06-12-2019
Catron, Xavier Illinois Cook 1992 2000 Murder 35 years 7.5 22 Black Male 2000 08-29-2011
Cesar, Owen Pennsylvania Berks 2005 2011 Child Sex Abuse 1 to 5 years 6.0 26 Black Male 2011 07-11-2013