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 Date of Release Posting Date
Acero, Longino California Santa Clara 1994 2006 Sex Offender Registration 2 years and 4 months 9.3 35 Hispanic Male 2004 08-29-2011
Adams, Cheryl Massachusetts Essex 1989 1993 Theft Probation 0 26 White Female 1989 10-28-2014
Adams, Darryl Texas Dallas 1992 2017 Sexual Assault 25 years 21.9 25 Black Male 2014 02-18-2017
Adams, Johnny Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0 52 Black Male 2009 03-18-2016
Albritton, Amy Texas Harris 2010 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 43 White Female 2010 07-22-2016
Alegria, Megan Texas Harris 2011 2020 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 20 White Female 2011 04-30-2020
Alvirez, Daniel Fed-DC 2011 2012 Bribery Not Sentenced 0 32 Hispanic Male 2011 02-27-2014
Amory, Earl Texas Harris 2009 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 4 months 0.2 38 Black Male 2009 12-22-2016
Anderson, Candice Texas Van Zandt 2007 2014 Manslaughter Probation 0 21 White Female 2007 03-19-2015
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
Armstrong, Homer Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 4 days 0 44 Black Male 2014 10-23-2015
Arteaga, Jose California Orange 2016 2016 Theft 116 days 0 26 Hispanic Male 2016 02-17-2017
Arteaga, Josephine Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 21 Hispanic Female 2014 04-01-2015
Ash, Steven Oregon Multnomah 2012 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 54 White Male 2012 12-09-2016
Baddeley, Gabriel Washington Benton 2002 2004 Arson 2 months 0.2 19 Black Male 2002 08-29-2011
Baker, Danziel Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 22 Black Male 2014 10-25-2015
Baker, Terry Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 30 Black Male 2014 12-16-2014
Baldwin, Christopher Texas Harris 2014 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 30 White Male 2014 06-17-2020
Baltierrez, Jose Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 21 Hispanic Male 2014 01-13-2015
Baltrip, Henry Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 years 2.2 22 Black Male 2015 05-08-2015
Banks, Brian California Los Angeles 2003 2012 Sexual Assault 6 years 5.0 16 Black Male 2008 05-29-2012
Barrientos, David Texas Harris 2016 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 43 Hispanic Male 2016 05-31-2016
Barry, Zachary Texas Harris 2016 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 4 days 0 28 White Male 2016 03-18-2017
Batts, Rosa Sade Texas Harris 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 1.0 25 Black Female 2013 09-14-2013
Beal, Kenneth Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 23 Black Male 2008 04-14-2015
Bell, Jerrell Texas Harris 2011 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 120 days 0.3 19 Black Male 2011 02-14-2014
Berghoff, Stacey Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 15 days 0 27 White Female 2014 01-13-2015
Birden, Eric Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 23 Black Male 2007 05-08-2015
Bivens, Darrell Wayne Jr. Texas Collin 2013 2013 Sex Offender Registration 3 years 0.1 33 Black Male 2013 04-15-2013
Bjerklie, Donna North Dakota Burleigh 2005 2006 Theft Probation 0 42 White Female 2005 02-16-2014
Blackmon, James North Carolina Wake 1988 2019 Murder Life 31.6 26 Black Male 2019 09-03-2019
Bledsoe, Earnest Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 26 Black Male 2009 09-11-2015
Booker, Larry California Merced 1993 2017 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 30 White Male 1993 07-30-2018
Bostic, Larry Florida Broward 1989 2007 Sexual Assault 8 years 18.2 31 Black Male 2007 08-29-2011
Brett, Scott Fed-WA (Eastern) 2017 2018 Fraud Not Sentenced 0 55 White Male 2017 12-09-2018
Briggs, Brandy Texas Harris 2000 2006 Child Abuse 17 years 5.2 19 White Female 2005 10-11-2011
Briscoe, Terence Texas Harris 2009 2010 Robbery Not Sentenced 0.6 19 Black Male 2010 01-30-2023
Brooks, Gwendolyn Texas Harris 2010 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.3 52 Black Female 2011 01-13-2015
Brooks, Quincy Texas Galveston 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.1 27 Black Male 2017 12-11-2017
Broomes, Livingston New York Kings 2012 2019 Sexual Assault 4 years 2.5 64 Black Male 2014 06-03-2019
Brown, Charlotte Texas Harris 2011 2012 Drug Possession or Sale 6 years 1.4 32 Black Female 2012 04-26-2014
Brown, Jeffrey Indiana Noble 2011 2016 Sex Offender Registration 6 months 0.5 45 White Male 2012 10-04-2022
Brown, Keith North Carolina Wilson 1993 1999 Sexual Assault 35 years 4.0 25 Black Male 1997 08-29-2011
Brown, Knolly Jr. North Carolina Edgecombe 2009 2016 Child Sex Abuse 5 to 6 3/4 years 3.7 37 Black Male 2013 10-26-2016
Bullock, Keith Minnesota Hennepin 1992 1992 Murder Not Sentenced 0 27 White Male 1992 08-29-2011
Burnett-Walker, Spencer Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 19 White Male 2014 10-23-2015
Byars, Barry Texas Jefferson 2004 2005 Child Abuse 10 years 1.5 24 White Male 2005 05-08-2013
Cadle, Taylor Florida Polk 2017 2017 Other Nonviolent Misdemeanor Probation 0 12 White Female 2017 07-14-2025
Calderon, Domingo III Texas Atascosa 2005 2010 Child Sex Abuse 10 years 5.1 26 Hispanic Male 2010 10-25-2012
Calhoun, Terance Michigan Wayne 2007 2022 Child Sex Abuse 17 to 32 years 15.2 19 Black Male 2022 05-02-2022
Cantu, Humberto Texas Harris 2009 2018 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 26 Hispanic Male 2010 01-11-2018
Cantu, Raul Texas Harris 2005 2005 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.2 34 Hispanic Male 2005 10-25-2012
Cape, John Texas Bexar 2018 2021 Drug Possession or Sale 10 years 1.8 47 White Male 2020 08-23-2021
Carabajal, Joey Texas Williamson 2013 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 2 years 0.6 25 Hispanic Male 2014 03-27-2014
Cardwell, M. Donald Fed-CT 2000 2000 Tax Evasion/Fraud Not Sentenced 0 63 White Male 2000 02-20-2013
Carillo, Lucio Oregon Multnomah 2014 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony Probation 0 23 Hispanic Male 2014 12-13-2023
Carnes, Linda Texas Wharton 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 5 years 0.4 26 White Female 2014 11-14-2014
Casas, Jesus Texas Harris 2015 2016 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Hispanic Male 2015 09-30-2016
Castor, Gregory Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 34 Black Male 2014 12-30-2014
Castro, Marvyn Texas Harris 2015 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 20 days 0.1 24 Hispanic Male 2015 06-06-2017
Chappelle, Nicholas Oregon Columbia 2022 2023 Other Nonviolent Felony 1 year and 6 months 0.9 White Male 2023 12-13-2023
Charles, Lambert New York Queens 1993 1998 Manslaughter 10 to 30 years 5.1 16 Black Male 1998 08-29-2011
Chasstion, Donald Texas Harris 2009 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 50 Black Male 2009 08-07-2015
Chavez, China Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0.1 22 White Female 2014 01-13-2015
Chavez, Moses Texas Harris 2014 2014 Drug Possession or Sale 45 days 0 22 White Male 2014 01-14-2015
Chew, Andrew Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 29 Black Male 2008 10-23-2015
Clark, Cleaven Texas Harris 2008 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 23 Black Male 2009 03-08-2016
Clark, Derek Nevada Clark 2012 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Community Service 0 18 Black Male 2012 06-30-2020
Clary, Dahn Jr. Texas Bowie 1998 2016 Child Sex Abuse 10 years 10.7 41 White Male 2008 06-22-2016
Cleveland, Jarrel Texas Harris 2012 2022 Drug Possession or Sale 7 months 0.6 24 Black Male 2012 04-28-2022
Coker, Edgar Virginia Stafford 2007 2014 Sexual Assault 1 year and 5 months 1.5 15 Black Male 2009 03-03-2014
Colbert, Walter Texas Harris 2009 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 30 Black Male 2009 05-27-2017
Coleman, Charles Jr. Connecticut New Haven 1987 2024 Sexual Assault Life 26.2 27 Black Male 2013 08-06-2024
Coleman, Keith Texas Harris 2006 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 24 Black Male 2007 01-17-2013
Collins, Skye Texas Harris 2017 2017 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 36 Black Female 2017 07-31-2017
Contee, Darian Texas Lubbock 2007 2010 Weapon Possession or Sale 3 years 2.5 18 Black Male 2010 10-19-2012
Crochon, Joseph Texas Harris 2014 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 30 days 0.1 60 Black Male 2014 03-01-2016
Crum, Paul Jr. Virginia Dickenson 2015 2022 Obstruction of Justice 10 years 4.2 54 White Male 2020 12-21-2022
Cruz-Romero, Carlos Idaho Jerome 2014 2016 Traffic Offense Probation 0 25 Hispanic Male 2014 06-19-2018
Cunningham, Dean Texas Cherokee 2014 2015 Sex Offender Registration 7 years 1.5 53 White Male 2015 10-09-2015
Curry, Adrian Texas Harris 2007 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 150 days 0.2 28 Black Male 2007 08-25-2016
Curtis, Exzavian Texas Harris 2013 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 23 Black Male 2013 12-28-2014
Daigle, Prentice Texas Harris 2007 2016 Drug Possession or Sale 1 year and 3 months 0.9 19 Black Male 2008 10-04-2016
Dardar, Lanchester Texas Harris 2010 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 27 Black Male 2010 10-23-2015
Dauer, Christopher Texas Jones 2013 2018 Sex Offender Registration 5 years 0.9 35 White Male 2014 04-18-2018
Davenport-Fritsche, Donna Texas Montgomery 2012 2013 Drug Possession or Sale 60 days 0.2 30 White Female 2012 05-17-2013
Davis, Curtis Texas Dallas 2023 2024 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 39 Black Male 2023 12-17-2024
Davis, Patrice Texas Harris 2014 2017 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.1 25 Black Female 2014 06-09-2017
Davis, Robert Virginia Albemarle 2004 2016 Murder 23 years 11.7 18 White Male 2015 12-29-2016
Day, Tyrone Texas Dallas 1990 2023 Sexual Assault 40 years 24.9 19 Black Male 2015 06-14-2023
DeForge, Paul Florida Palm Beach 1989 1989 Manslaughter Not Sentenced 0 45 White Male 1989 07-09-2017
Demings, Barry Texas Harris 2008 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 55 Black Male 2008 08-02-2015
Diaz, Victor Texas Harris 2011 2014 Drug Possession or Sale Probation 0 17 Hispanic Male 2011 12-26-2014
Dickerson, Jermaine California Contra Costa 1998 2021 Child Sex Abuse Probation 0 18 Black Male 1998 03-14-2022
Dixon, Isaac Texas Harris 2014 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 90 days 0.2 26 Black Male 2014 07-15-2015
Dixon, John New Jersey Essex 1991 2001 Sexual Assault 45 years 10.4 27 Black Male 2001 08-29-2011
Duke, Timmy Texas Dallas 1992 2018 Burglary 25 years 25.7 24 White Male 2018 08-02-2018
Dukes, Jerry Texas Harris 2007 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 8 months 0.7 54 White Male 2008 09-11-2015
Duncan, Cornelia Texas Harris 2013 2015 Drug Possession or Sale 6 months 0.5 33 Black Female 2013 05-08-2015