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: 553
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Name State County Convicted Exonerated Crime Sentence Years lost Age Race Sex Date of Release Posting Date
Abramowski, Jeffrey Florida Brevard 2006 2025 Murder Life 18.8 40 White Male 2025 07-17-2025
Adams, Johnathan Georgia Carroll 2005 2006 Murder 1 year 0.7 12 White Male 2006 08-29-2011
Aguirre-Jarquin, Clemente Florida Seminole 2006 2018 Murder Death 12.7 24 Hispanic Male 2018 11-11-2018
Alexander, John Randall Mississippi Panola 1989 2010 Murder Life 5.7 22 White Male 1995 08-29-2011
Alford, Herbert Michigan Ingham 2016 2020 Murder 32 years five months to 62 years five months 3.2 38 Black Male 2020 01-29-2021
Allen, Billy Frederick Texas Dallas 1983 2011 Murder Life 25.5 37 White Male 2009 04-06-2012
Allen, Christopher Indiana St. Joseph 2002 2006 Murder Life 2.4 27 Black Male 2004 09-09-2016
Allen, Derrick North Carolina Durham 1999 2016 Murder 43 3/4 to 54 years 11.0 19 Black Male 2010 12-16-2021
Allen, Donovan Washington Cowlitz 2002 2015 Murder Life without parole 13.1 18 White Male 2015 12-10-2015
Ambler, Peter Wisconsin Rock 1987 1989 Murder Life 1.7 24 White Male 1989 11-13-2012
Amick, Michael Missouri Oregon 2011 2016 Murder Life 5.4 32 White Male 2016 12-10-2016
Amor, William Illinois DuPage 1997 2018 Murder 45 years 19.7 39 White Male 2017 02-23-2018
Anderson, Candice Texas Van Zandt 2007 2014 Manslaughter Probation 0 21 White Female 2007 03-19-2015
Anderson, Michael California Los Angeles 2003 2024 Murder 50 to Life 21.2 23 Black Male 2024 10-09-2025
Andre, Eddie New York Queens 1988 1994 Murder 25 to Life 3.7 41 Black Male 1992 02-16-2014
Arciliares, Victor Rhode Island Providence 2013 2016 Murder Life 3.3 21 Hispanic Male 2016 06-20-2018
Arledge, Randolph Texas Navarro 1984 2013 Murder Life 28.9 26 White Male 2013 05-10-2013
Armstrong, Ralph Wisconsin Dane 1981 2009 Murder Life 28.4 27 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Arrington, Jermaine Maryland Montgomery 1995 2010 Murder 25 years 15.3 19 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Arroyo, Rogelio Illinois Cook 1982 1991 Murder Life without parole 8.3 25 Hispanic Male 1991 08-29-2011
Atkins, Dennis Michigan Wayne 2006 2022 Murder Life 16.1 21 Black Male 2022 03-01-2022
Ausby, John District of Columbia 1972 2020 Murder Life 17.3 20 Black Male 1989 07-12-2023
Avery, Chamar Michigan Wayne 2000 2010 Murder 20 to 50 years 8.0 18 Black Male 2008 01-15-2012
Babb, Austin New York Bronx 2014 2020 Murder 48 years 5.2 20 Black Male 2020 02-22-2021
Bailey, Darryl Tennessee Shelby 1994 2000 Murder Life 5.8 17 Black Male 2000 03-10-2014
Baker, Kevin New Jersey Camden 1996 2020 Murder 60 to life 23.5 23 Black Male 2020 02-28-2020
Bankhead, Antoine Missouri St. Louis City 2002 2006 Murder Life 4.1 18 Black Male 2006 12-06-2017
Banks, Medell Alabama Choctaw 2001 2003 Manslaughter 15 years 1.7 27 Black Male 2003 08-29-2011
Barber, Jason Texas Upshur 1997 2000 Murder 35 years 3.1 21 White Male 2000 08-29-2011
Barnes, Steven New York Oneida 1989 2009 Murder 25 to Life 19.5 19 White Male 2008 08-29-2011
Beard, Jacob West Virginia Pocahontas 1993 2000 Murder Life without parole 5.6 34 White Male 1999 07-30-2012
Beaty, Kara Indiana St. Joseph 2023 2025 Manslaughter 3 years 0.8 18 White Female 2024 05-01-2025
Belcher, Michael Ohio Franklin 1999 2001 Manslaughter 20 years 1.8 21 White Male 2001 06-22-2013
Bennett, Joseph Massachusetts Suffolk 1998 2024 Murder Life without parole 17.3 22 Black Male 2015 12-17-2024
Berry, Johnny Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1995 2019 Murder Life without parole 22.9 16 Black Male 2018 06-27-2019
Bintz, David Wisconsin Brown 2000 2024 Murder Life without parole 24.4 32 White Male 2024 10-11-2024
Bintz, Robert Wisconsin Brown 2000 2024 Murder Life without parole 24.2 31 White Male 2024 10-11-2024
Bivens, Phillip Mississippi Forrest 1980 2010 Murder Life 29.9 28 Black Male 2010 08-29-2011
Blackmon, James North Carolina Wake 1988 2019 Murder Life 31.6 26 Black Male 2019 09-03-2019
Blair, Michael Texas Collin 1994 2008 Murder Death 13.9 23 White Male 2008 08-29-2011
Blake, Bryan New York New York 1985 1989 Murder 25 to life 3.2 22 White Male 1989 11-02-2013
Booth, Darrell California Orange 2011 2017 Murder 15 to Life 5.3 28 Black Male 2017 01-18-2019
Boots, Christopher Oregon Lane 1987 1995 Murder 20 to Life 7.7 19 White Male 1994 08-29-2011
Brown, Danny Ohio Lucas 1982 2001 Murder Life 18.5 24 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Brown, Jacquez Pennsylvania York 2013 2022 Murder 50 to Life 8.2 15 Black Male 2022 02-18-2022
Brown, LeeVester Mississippi Coahoma 2006 2018 Murder Life without parole 8.7 33 Black Male 2015 07-26-2021
Brown, Robert Illinois Cook 1984 1989 Murder 35 years 5.1 42 Black Male 1989 08-29-2011
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, Sherwood Mississippi DeSoto 1995 2021 Murder Death 26.4 24 Black Male 2021 10-04-2021
Brown, Tony Florida Miami-Dade 2010 2018 Murder Life 8.4 33 Black Male 2018 10-22-2018
Bryan, Sheila Georgia Colquitt 1998 2000 Murder Life 0.3 43 White Female 1999 08-29-2011
Buchhorn, Carrody Kansas Douglas 2018 2022 Murder 10 years and 3 months 3.1 42 White Female 2021 01-25-2023
Bueso, David Louisiana East Baton Rouge 2019 2021 Murder Life without parole 2.4 19 Hispanic Male 2021 08-02-2021
Bullock, Keith Minnesota Hennepin 1992 1992 Murder Not Sentenced 0 27 White Male 1992 08-29-2011
Bumpass, Angel Tennessee Hamilton 2019 2023 Murder Life 3.1 13 Black Female 2022 10-09-2023
Burgess, Wayne Tennessee Giles 1999 2023 Murder Life 24.5 34 Black Male 2023 08-16-2023
Burkhart, Richard Montana Cascade 2002 2017 Murder Life 15.3 22 White Male 2017 01-07-2018
Burner, Troy District of Columbia 1994 2020 Murder 30 to life 24.4 17 Black Male 2018 09-17-2020
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
Butler, Sabrina Mississippi Lowndes 1990 1995 Murder Death 5.8 18 Black Female 1995 08-29-2011
Butts, Alan Ohio Franklin 2003 2024 Murder 15 to life 19.7 21 White Male 2022 02-21-2024
Caldwell, Maurice California San Francisco 1991 2011 Murder 27 to Life 19.7 23 Black Male 2011 08-31-2011
Campbell, Teshome Illinois Champaign 1998 2016 Murder 55 years 17.3 21 Black Male 2016 02-09-2016
Cannon, Philip Scott Oregon Polk 2000 2009 Murder Life without parole 9.8 32 White Male 2009 08-29-2011
Carlson, David New York Orange 2016 2020 Manslaughter 5 years 0.1 42 White Male 2016 02-13-2020
Carrington, Steven New York Kings 1996 2024 Murder 23 to Life 21.5 27 Black Male 2018 06-14-2024
Carter, Joseph Virginia Norfolk City 1990 2021 Murder Life 26.4 Black Male 2016 08-24-2021
Casciaro, Mario Illinois McHenry 2013 2016 Murder 26 years 2.5 19 White Male 2015 04-12-2016
Cash, Elgerie Georgia Paulding 2013 2019 Murder Life 0.6 45 White Female 2014 05-12-2019
Chambers, Anthony Massachusetts Suffolk 2009 2014 Manslaughter 5 to 7 years 4.7 51 Black Male 2013 09-21-2016
Charles, Lambert New York Queens 1993 1998 Manslaughter 10 to 30 years 5.1 16 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011
Chatmon, Timothy Illinois Winnebago 1990 1995 Murder 35 years 5.0 30 Black Male 1995 03-10-2014
Chavez, Matthew New Mexico Bernalillo 2018 2024 Murder 23 years and 6 months 5.6 26 Hispanic Male 2024 06-12-2024
Chumley, Tom Edwin Georgia Columbia 2005 2009 Murder Life 4.3 52 White Male 2009 06-25-2013
Churaman, Prakash New York Queens 2018 2022 Murder 9 to life 2.2 15 Asian Male 2021 06-27-2022
Cifizzari, Gary Massachusetts Worcester 1984 2019 Murder Life without parole 34.9 23 White Male 2019 01-08-2020
Ciria, Joaquin California San Francisco 1991 2022 Murder 31 to life 31.1 29 Black Male 2022 04-26-2022
Clancy, Michael New York Bronx 1999 2009 Murder 25 to Life 8.4 22 Hispanic Male 2008 08-29-2011
Clark, Carey North Carolina Avery 1996 1998 Murder Life 2.0 37 White Male 1998 09-14-2015
Clay, David Sr. Missouri St. Louis 1988 1999 Murder Life without parole 11.1 37 Black Male 1999 04-18-2013
Cleveland, Albert Illinois Cook 1996 2017 Murder 45 years 20.4 20 Black Male 2017 04-16-2019
Clugston, Christopher Florida Broward 1983 2001 Murder Life 10.7 21 White Male 1994 08-29-2011
Coleman, Jofama California Los Angeles 2006 2024 Murder 25 years to life 17.7 20 Black Male 2024 03-11-2024
Coley, Craig California Ventura 1980 2017 Murder Life without parole 37.9 31 White Male 2017 12-03-2017
Colton, Murray Connecticut New Haven 1991 1998 Murder 50 years 2.4 20 White Male 1993 08-27-2013
Conley, Donna Ohio Perry 2003 2007 Manslaughter 13 years 1.9 31 White Female 2005 10-10-2022
Cortez, George Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2012 2016 Murder Life without parole 4.2 30 Black Male 2016 06-14-2016
Crawford, Dell Michigan Wayne 2008 2026 Murder 20 years and 10 months to 45 years 17.3 50 Black Male 2026 04-08-2026
Crawford, Rodricus Louisiana Caddo 2013 2017 Murder Death 3.4 22 Black Male 2017 04-18-2017
Credell, Cory South Carolina Orangeburg 2001 2012 Murder Life 10.5 27 Black Male 2011 08-30-2012
Crotts, Mark North Carolina Alamance 1992 1997 Murder Life without parole 2.0 21 White Male 1994 11-21-2024
Croy, Norma Jean California Siskiyou 1979 1997 Murder Life 17.6 24 Native American Female 1997 01-27-2012
Croy, Patrick California Siskiyou 1979 2004 Murder Death 11.0 23 Native American Male 1990 08-29-2011
Curley, Catina Louisiana Orleans 2007 2019 Murder Life 11.3 32 Black Female 2018 03-07-2019
Dahl, Connie California El Dorado 2003 2024 Manslaughter 1 year 1.0 19 White Female 2004 07-03-2024
Daidone, Albert Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1984 1999 Murder Life without parole 15.3 38 White Male 1999 11-17-2014
Dandridge, Beniah Alton Alabama Montgomery 1996 2015 Murder Life 19.5 29 White Male 2015 10-12-2015
Davis, Andre Illinois Champaign 1981 2012 Murder Life 31.5 19 Black Male 2012 07-06-2012
Davis, Dennis Texas Travis 2011 2018 Murder 36 years 3.0 35 White Male 2014 06-19-2019