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| Name | State | County | Convicted | Exonerated | Crime | Sentence | Years lost | Age | Race | Sex | Date of Release | Posting Date |
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| Abernathy, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2015 | Murder | Life without parole | 28.1 | 17 | White | Male | 2015 | 02-13-2015 |
| Adams, Kenneth | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | 75 years | 17.7 | 22 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Adams, Seneca | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2006 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 20 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-08-2014 |
| Adams, Tari | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2006 | Assault | Probation | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 2006 | 12-08-2014 |
| Allen, James | Illinois | Cook | 1987 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 0 | 34 | Black | Male | 1987 | 09-27-2021 |
| Amor, William | Illinois | DuPage | 1997 | 2018 | Murder | 45 years | 19.7 | 39 | White | Male | 2017 | 02-23-2018 |
| Andersen, Daniel | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2015 | Murder | 55 years | 25.1 | 19 | White | Male | 2007 | 08-15-2015 |
| Andino, Carlos | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2022 | Murder | 60 years | 25.7 | 21 | Hispanic | Male | 2022 | 08-23-2022 |
| Antusas, Wayne | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 23.0 | 17 | White | Male | 2021 | 02-19-2021 |
| Beaman, Alan W. | Illinois | McLean | 1995 | 2009 | Murder | 50 years | 13.8 | 20 | White | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 |
| Boyd, Lathierial | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2013 | Murder | 82 years | 22.9 | 24 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-10-2013 |
| Bradford, Marcellius | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Kidnapping | 12 years | 5.8 | 17 | Black | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 |
| Burrows, Joseph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 5.3 | 35 | White | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 |
| Cage, Dean | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2008 | Child Sex Abuse | 40 years | 11.6 | 28 | Black | Male | 2008 | 08-29-2011 |
| Cardona, Gregorio | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2025 | Murder | 55 years | 25.7 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 07-23-2025 |
| Cardona, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2025 | Murder | 55 years | 25.7 | 17 | Hispanic | Male | 2014 | 07-23-2025 |
| Carini, William | Illinois | Lake | 1992 | 2017 | Sexual Assault | 26 years | 10.6 | 28 | White | Male | 2002 | 01-10-2017 |
| Carter, Brad | Illinois | Williamson | 2013 | 2015 | Child Sex Abuse | Not Sentenced | 0.3 | 38 | White | Male | 2013 | 02-09-2015 |
| Casciaro, Mario | Illinois | McHenry | 2013 | 2016 | Murder | 26 years | 2.5 | 19 | White | Male | 2015 | 04-12-2016 |
| Chatman, Carl | Illinois | Cook | 2004 | 2013 | Sexual Assault | 30 years | 9.6 | 47 | Black | Male | 2013 | 09-10-2013 |
| Cobb, Perry | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1987 | Murder | Death | 7.3 | 37 | Black | Male | 1987 | 03-13-2018 |
| Cruz, Rolando | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 10.7 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 |
| Davis, Andre | Illinois | Champaign | 1981 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 31.5 | 19 | Black | Male | 2012 | 07-06-2012 |
| Del Prete, Jennifer | Illinois | Will | 2005 | 2022 | Murder | 20 years | 9.2 | 31 | White | Female | 2014 | 10-13-2022 |
| Dixon, James | Illinois | Cook | 1976 | 1976 | Assault | 1 year | 0.1 | 22 | Black | Male | 1976 | 05-29-2020 |
| Dominguez, Alejandro | Illinois | Lake | 1990 | 2002 | Sexual Assault | 9 years | 3.8 | 16 | Hispanic | Male | 1993 | 08-29-2011 |
| Dotson, Gary | Illinois | Cook | 1979 | 1989 | Sexual Assault | 25 to 50 years | 6.0 | 20 | White | Male | 1985 | 08-29-2011 |
| Dowaliby, David | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 1992 | Murder | 45 years | 1.5 | 31 | White | Male | 1991 | 02-25-2012 |
| Eaton, Roy | Illinois | Rock Island | 1940 | 1956 | Robbery | 1 year to life | 15.8 | 34 | White | Male | 1956 | 03-13-2018 |
| Edwards, James | Illinois | Lake | 1996 | 2012 | Murder | Life without parole | 0.8 | 44 | Black | Male | 1997 | 06-10-2012 |
| Ellis, Christopher | Illinois | Cook | 2017 | 2025 | Assault | 6 years | 2.0 | 31 | Black | Male | 2019 | 12-11-2025 |
| Ezell, LaShawn | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Robbery | 20 years | 6.6 | 15 | Black | Male | 2005 | 03-01-2017 |
| Flores, Johnny | Illinois | Cook | 1990 | 2022 | Murder | 40 years | 27.9 | 18 | Hispanic | Male | 2018 | 09-06-2022 |
| Fowler, Walter | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Life | 11.8 | 19 | Black | Male | 1948 | 03-13-2018 |
| Frye, Ralph | Illinois | Iroquois | 1989 | 1996 | Murder | 23 years | 7.0 | 21 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Fulton, John | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | 31 years | 12.5 | 18 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 |
| Garcia, Jesus | Illinois | Kankakee | 2020 | 2025 | Manslaughter | 8 years | 2.4 | 68 | Hispanic | Male | 2023 | 07-10-2025 |
| Gardner, Lewis | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | 30 years | 12.3 | 15 | Black | Male | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Garrett, Sammie | Illinois | Cook | 1970 | 1976 | Murder | 20 to 40 years | 5.4 | 21 | Black | Male | 1975 | 03-13-2018 |
| Gauger, Gary | Illinois | McHenry | 1993 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 3.0 | 41 | White | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Gibson, James | Illinois | Cook | 1991 | 2019 | Murder | Life without parole | 27.5 | 23 | Black | Male | 2019 | 05-04-2019 |
| Gillard, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2009 | Sexual Assault | 24 years | 27.3 | 22 | Black | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 |
| Gold-Smith, Robert | Illinois | Will | 2016 | 2023 | Other Violent Felony | 30 years | 3.8 | 50 | White | Male | 2019 | 05-01-2023 |
| Gomez, Fernando | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2025 | Burglary | 4 years | 0 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1989 | 07-23-2025 |
| Gonzalez, Angel | Illinois | Lake | 1995 | 2015 | Sexual Assault | 55 years | 19.7 | 20 | Hispanic | Male | 2015 | 03-12-2015 |
| Gray, Adam | Illinois | Cook | 1996 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21.0 | 14 | White | Male | 2017 | 05-12-2017 |
| Gray, David A. | Illinois | Madison | 1978 | 1999 | Attempted Murder | 60 years | 20.3 | 25 | Black | Male | 1999 | 08-29-2011 |
| Gray, Paula | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 2002 | Murder | 50 years | 6.7 | 17 | Black | Female | 1985 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harper, Lafayette | Illinois | Vermilion | 2014 | 2019 | Murder | 65 years | 4.3 | 35 | Black | Male | 2019 | 02-14-2019 |
| Harpstrite, Valentine | Illinois | St. Clair | 1929 | 1968 | Murder | Life | 20.1 | 24 | White | Male | 1949 | 03-13-2018 |
| Harris, Keith | Illinois | St. Clair | 1979 | 2003 | Attempted Murder | 50 years | 22.0 | 19 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Harris, Lee | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2023 | Murder | 90 years | 31.0 | 34 | Black | Male | 2023 | 04-08-2023 |
| Hernandez, Alejandro | Illinois | DuPage | 1985 | 1995 | Murder | Death | 10.7 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 |
| Hester, Lee Arthur | Illinois | Cook | 1961 | 2019 | Murder | 55 years | 10.8 | 14 | Black | Male | 1972 | 01-23-2020 |
| Higgins-Bey, Lowell | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2025 | Burglary | 4 years | 0 | 18 | Black | Male | 1989 | 07-23-2025 |
| Hill, Robert | Illinois | Cook | 2012 | 2021 | Murder | 70 years | 5.4 | 36 | Black | Male | 2017 | 05-24-2022 |
| Horton, John | Illinois | Winnebago | 1995 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 21.9 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 10-09-2017 |
| Howell, Everett | Illinois | Adams | 1928 | 1930 | Robbery | 1 year to life | 1.9 | White | Male | 1930 | 03-13-2018 | |
| Janke, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 2015 | 2023 | Attempted Murder | 60 years | 7.2 | 22 | White | Male | 2022 | 07-18-2023 |
| Jimenez, Thaddeus | Illinois | Cook | 1994 | 2009 | Murder | 50 years | 14.5 | 13 | Hispanic | Male | 2009 | 08-29-2011 |
| Jimerson, Verneal | Illinois | Cook | 1985 | 1996 | Murder | Death | 10.2 | 25 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Johnson, Charles | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | Life without parole | 18.7 | 19 | Black | Male | 2016 | 03-01-2017 |
| Johnson, Richard | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 1996 | Sexual Assault | 36 years | 3.0 | 25 | Black | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 |
| Lane, Lionel | Illinois | Kane | 1995 | 1995 | Murder | 60 years | 0.3 | 33 | Black | Male | 1995 | 08-29-2011 |
| Lettrich, George | Illinois | Cook | 1951 | 1953 | Murder | Death | 1.5 | 33 | White | Male | 1953 | 03-13-2018 |
| Linscott, Steven | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 1992 | Murder | 40 years | 3.4 | 26 | White | Male | 1985 | 08-29-2011 |
| Lucas, Jesse | Illinois | Wabash | 1909 | 1941 | Murder | Life | 22.4 | 23 | White | Male | 1931 | 03-13-2018 |
| Lucas, Margaret | Illinois | Wabash | 1909 | 1941 | Murder | Life | 0 | White | Female | 1909 | 03-13-2018 | |
| Lyons, Marcus | Illinois | DuPage | 1988 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | 6 years | 2.4 | 29 | Black | Male | 1991 | 08-29-2011 |
| Majczek, Joseph | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1946 | Murder | Life | 11.8 | 24 | White | Male | 1945 | 03-13-2018 |
| Marcinkiewicz, Theodore | Illinois | Cook | 1933 | 1950 | Murder | Life | 16.3 | 25 | White | Male | 1950 | 03-13-2018 |
| Masterson, Kerry | Illinois | Cook | 2011 | 2017 | Murder | 58 years | 6.0 | 23 | Hispanic | Female | 2017 | 11-10-2017 |
| McCastle, Michael | Illinois | Cook | 1989 | 2025 | Murder | 55 years | 28.9 | 27 | Black | Male | 2018 | 07-23-2025 |
| McCoy, Troshawn | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2017 | Murder | 55 years | 18.2 | 17 | Black | Male | 2017 | 03-01-2017 |
| McCullough, Jack | Illinois | DeKalb | 2012 | 2016 | Murder | Life | 3.6 | 18 | White | Male | 2016 | 05-02-2016 |
| McDonald, Wilbur | Illinois | Cook | 1971 | 1973 | Murder | Life | 2.0 | 31 | White | Male | 1973 | 03-13-2018 |
| Melock, Robert | Illinois | Lake | 1989 | 2023 | Murder | Death | 34.1 | 22 | White | Male | 2023 | 01-02-2025 |
| Miller, Jerry | Illinois | Cook | 1982 | 2007 | Sexual Assault | 45 years | 23.5 | 23 | Black | Male | 2006 | 08-29-2011 |
| Miller, Lloyd Eldon | Illinois | Hancock | 1956 | 1971 | Murder | Death | 10.3 | 29 | White | Male | 1967 | 03-13-2018 |
| Mitchell, Anthony | Illinois | Cook | 2006 | 2019 | Murder | 31 years | 12.5 | 17 | Black | Male | 2019 | 06-17-2020 |
| Montgomery, James | Illinois | Lake | 1924 | 1949 | Sexual Assault | Life | 25.6 | 30 | Black | Male | 1949 | 03-13-2018 |
| Morfin, Nicholas | Illinois | Cook | 1997 | 2021 | Murder | Life without parole | 23.5 | 17 | White | Male | 2021 | 02-08-2021 |
| Napue, Henry | Illinois | Cook | 1940 | 1960 | Murder | Life | 19.5 | 23 | Black | Male | 1960 | 03-13-2018 |
| Newsome, James | Illinois | Cook | 1980 | 1995 | Murder | Life | 14.2 | 24 | Black | Male | 1994 | 08-29-2011 |
| O'Neal, Harry | Illinois | Will | 2015 | 2019 | Assault | 6 years | 3.9 | 42 | Black | Male | 2018 | 01-09-2020 |
| Ollins, Calvin | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life without parole | 13.8 | 14 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Ollins, Larry | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2001 | Murder | Life | 13.5 | 16 | Black | Male | 2001 | 08-29-2011 |
| Palmer, Charles | Illinois | Macon | 2000 | 2016 | Murder | Life without parole | 16.6 | 43 | Black | Male | 2016 | 12-04-2016 |
| Patrick, Deon | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | Life without parole | 18.8 | 20 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-10-2014 |
| Phillips, Paul | Illinois | Cook | 1995 | 2014 | Murder | 30 years | 12.3 | 17 | Black | Male | 2007 | 06-24-2014 |
| Pittman, Marcellous | Illinois | Cook | 2005 | 2022 | Attempted Murder | 80 years | 15.3 | 18 | Black | Male | 2020 | 10-26-2022 |
| Pugh, Earl Howard | Illinois | Cook | 1937 | 1953 | Murder | Life | 16.4 | 19 | Black | Male | 1953 | 03-13-2018 |
| Rainge, Willie | Illinois | Cook | 1978 | 1996 | Murder | Life | 17.7 | 20 | Black | Male | 1996 | 08-29-2011 |
| Rea, Julie | Illinois | Lawrence | 2002 | 2006 | Murder | 65 years | 2.4 | 28 | White | Female | 2004 | 08-29-2011 |
| Reyes, Andrew | Illinois | Cook | 1992 | 2010 | Attempted Murder | 12 years | 1.4 | 22 | Hispanic | Male | 1993 | 06-02-2020 |
| Reynolds, Donald | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 1997 | Sexual Assault | 69 years | 9.6 | 20 | Black | Male | 1997 | 08-29-2011 |
| Richardson, Dietrich | Illinois | Peoria | 2011 | 2016 | Robbery | 30 years | 2.7 | 22 | Black | Male | 2014 | 01-08-2017 |
| Rivera, Juan | Illinois | Lake | 1993 | 2012 | Murder | Life | 18.1 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2012 | 02-07-2012 |
| Rodriguez, Angel | Illinois | Cook | 1998 | 2000 | Murder | 60 years | 2.1 | 33 | Hispanic | Male | 2000 | 08-29-2011 |
| Rodriguez, Harry | Illinois | Cook | 1988 | 2025 | Murder | Life without parole | 31.5 | 19 | Hispanic | Male | 2019 | 07-23-2025 |